... it is the representation of the past, which can influence our personal perspectives and ideas. The relationship between the two is evident within Mark Baker's novel Fiftieth Gate and Pablo Picassos painting Guernica, through their exploration of the flexibility and bias within the representations that history and memory provide, and their relationship between them. Baker employs a personal tone ... highly contrasting monochromatic palette. This enables the painting to create a universal history that acts as a catalyst to the sufferings brought by human disaster and the overwhelming bru...

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