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Francisco Goya

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FRANCISCO GOYA

VIVIANA PEREZ // MARCH 8, 2016
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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.
Photo by Tiniosart

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.