Massacre in Korea
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Massacre in Korea is a 1951 anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the brutal killing of civilians during the Korean War in a stark, politically charged style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Massacre en Corée | 1 |
| Massacre in Korea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Massacre in Korea Context triple: [Pablo Picasso, notableWork, Massacre in Korea]
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A.
Kanto Massacre of Koreans
The Kanto Massacre of Koreans was a 1923 wave of mob and military violence in Japan in which thousands of Koreans were killed amid false rumors and xenophobic panic following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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B.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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C.
Nanjing Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre was a six-week period of mass killing and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against Chinese soldiers and civilians in the city of Nanjing in late 1937, and is remembered as one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century.
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D.
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a crucial early Korean War engagement in 1950 in which United Nations and South Korean forces halted the North Korean advance in southeast Korea, preventing their defeat and enabling a later counteroffensive.
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E.
Wushe Incident
The Wushe Incident was a 1930 armed uprising by the Seediq indigenous people against Japanese colonial authorities in central Taiwan, marking one of the most significant anti-colonial rebellions during Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Massacre in Korea Target entity description: Massacre in Korea is a 1951 anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the brutal killing of civilians during the Korean War in a stark, politically charged style.
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A.
Kanto Massacre of Koreans
The Kanto Massacre of Koreans was a 1923 wave of mob and military violence in Japan in which thousands of Koreans were killed amid false rumors and xenophobic panic following the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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B.
My Lai massacre
The My Lai massacre was a notorious 1968 atrocity during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, becoming a symbol of the conflict’s brutality and sparking widespread outrage.
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C.
Nanjing Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre was a six-week period of mass killing and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against Chinese soldiers and civilians in the city of Nanjing in late 1937, and is remembered as one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century.
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D.
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a crucial early Korean War engagement in 1950 in which United Nations and South Korean forces halted the North Korean advance in southeast Korea, preventing their defeat and enabling a later counteroffensive.
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E.
Wushe Incident
The Wushe Incident was a 1930 armed uprising by the Seediq indigenous people against Japanese colonial authorities in central Taiwan, marking one of the most significant anti-colonial rebellions during Japanese rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artworkStyle |
expressionist elements
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figurative ⓘ politically charged ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
contrasting dark and light areas
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muted tones ⓘ |
| composition |
strong horizontal division
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two opposing groups facing each other ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| depicts |
armed soldiers
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children ⓘ execution of civilians ⓘ firing squad ⓘ women ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | Korean War ⓘ |
| genre | anti-war art ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dehumanization in war
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fear and terror ⓘ power imbalance between armed and unarmed ⓘ victimization of non-combatants ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barren landscape background
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dark sky ⓘ group of heavily armed soldiers ⓘ group of naked women and children ⓘ suggested ruined architecture ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Korean War atrocities
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Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ
surface form:
The Massacre at Chios
The Third of May 1808 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Vallauris ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Korean War
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massacre of civilians ⓘ |
| movement |
Modern art
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Picasso’s late period ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Korean Peninsula
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surface form:
Korea
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| originalTitle |
Massacre in Korea
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Massacre en Corée
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| originalTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Picasso’s political works ⓘ |
| politicalTheme |
anti-war
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condemnation of violence against civilians ⓘ critique of military aggression ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Guernica
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The Charnel House ⓘ |
| significantWorkOf | Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
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Subject: Massacre in Korea Description of subject: Massacre in Korea is a 1951 anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts the brutal killing of civilians during the Korean War in a stark, politically charged style.
Referenced by (2)
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