FRANCISCO GOYA

BIOGRAPHY

• Full Name: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
• No nickname
• D.O.B: March 30, 1746
• Birthplace: Fuendetodos, Spain
• Age Died: 82

FAME

• He was appointed as a painter to the Royal Court in Spain
• He created a series of images called "Los Caprichos," which is viewed as his commentary on political and social events
• He created a series of etchings depicting the horrors of war

ART PERIOD

• Romanticism
• Themes: Imagination and freedom, feelings and emotion, Ancient Greek and Roman art and mythology, folklore, nature, erotic places
• Style: Brushwork became looser and less precise
• Types: Paintings (landscapes), music, literature

THE THIRD OF MAY 1808

• Painting
• It depicts the Spanish resistance to France and the armies of Napoleon
• It evokes a negative feeling (ex:hopelessness)
• It relates to Napoleon Bonaparte and his involvement in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

SATURN DEVOURS HIS SONS

• Painting
• It depicts the Titan Cronus eating his child >> He feared that he would be overthrown by his own flesh and blood
• It evokes a negative feeling (ex:intimidation)
• It is linked to Ancient Greek and Roman art and mythology

WITHCES' SABBATH

• Painting
• It depicts Satan, in the form of a goat, lecturing ugly witches
• It evokes a negative feeling (ex:confusion)
• It is related to folklore, legends, tales, etc.

WORKS CITED

• biography.com
• encyclopedia.com
• artcyclopedia.com
• ducksters.com
• franciscodegoya.net