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Francisco Goya

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SARA B 1B 3/10/15

FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES
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ARTIST'S BIO

  • Nickname: The Father of Modern Art
  • Date of Birth: March 30, 1746
  • Birthplace: Fuendetodos, Spain
  • Date of Death: April 16, 1828
  • He died at 82 years old in Bordeaux, France.
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GOYA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • He was the appointed paintor for Charles III and the court painter for Charles IV
  • 80 Caprichos (his commentary on politics/social events)
  • His dark artwork (Black Paintings) and protests against war
  • Regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns
  • He is considered to be the greatest painter of his era.
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AN ARTIST OF THE ROMANTIC ERA

  • Themes: Folklore, Ancient Greek/Roman mythology, Feeling/Emotion,
  • Freedom, Nature, Exotic Places, War
  • Types: Paintings, Music, Literature
  • Style: Loose and Less Precise Brushwork
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THE COLOSSUS (1808-1812)

  • Oil on Canvas painting
  • The painting depicts a giant walking toward a village and people fleeing its path of destruction.
  • This painting serves as an allegory of the war in Spain and the crushing power of war.
  • It shows the chronicle of human suffering during war.
  • Some people believe the giant to be a representation of Napoleon's forces
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SATURN DEVOURING ONE OF HIS CHILDREN (1819-1823)

  • Oil painting that was painted directly on the walls of his home during his self exile in France
  • It was eventually transferred onto canvas
  • It depicts Saturn eating his child upon its birth. He feared his children would overthrow him one day.
  • This is one of Goya's famous Dark Paintings
  • The painting shows that the Romantic Era still had themes of Roman Mythology
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THE THIRD OF MAY 1808 (1812-1814)

  • Oil on Canvas Painting (Historical Painting)
  • It depicts Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808
  • It shows two groups of men: the captives and the firing squad
  • It commemorates resistance against the French/Napoleonic armies
  • It refects the period by showing the side of revolution & war (1st painting to protest war)
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