Without Art, there is no Heart

Sam asked "Do you have a favorite artist?  Do you have a favorite painting by them?" Link to blog post

I will agree with Sam, my favorite artist is Picasso, and my favorite painting by him is La Guernica.

I was lucky enough my sophomore year in high school to go to Spain, and even luckier to go to a Picasso Art Museum where I saw La Guernica up close in person- it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life.  I was with my sister at the museum, and she told me that she didn't understand the painting at all (along with all art in general), so I proceeded to explain all the symbolism in it about the war and about the life of Picasso.  By the time we left she told me that she felt like she just received a history lesson.

Question: Do you think art is an effective history and story teller if given the chance to be understood and explained?