Copy of Francisco Goya
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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.
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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.
