Goya

whether those meanings happen to be incidental or purposeful. So, when contemporary artist, Enrique Chagoya expressed his adoration for the social commentary expressed in Francisco Goya’s Los Caprichos sketches, I was intrigued. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is regarded as one of the most important Spanish artists from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His work spanned the time of four

Through his art, Francisco Goya relayed his feelings toward the political unrest that plagued Spain during his lifetime. As an artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Goya lived through a time of political and social upheaval, especially throughout Europe. At the time, the ideas of the Enlightenment had captivated the minds of Spain’s most influential citizens and soon, that of Goya’s. Born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in 1746, Francisco Goya came from very humble beginnings. As the

He is considered the most important artist in Spain during the late 18th and early 19th century and was one of the most prominent and successful painters in Europe. Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes was a romantic painter and printmaker whose style changed drastically throughout his life; he is considered the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. His style fits into the category of Romanticism, which is most apparent in his paintings of the Spanish Royal family after becoming First

Francisco Goya brings oils to life in this painting titled The Third of May, 1808 to life around the year of 1814 on a canvas frame of 104.7 inches by 135.8 inches of canvas. Goya painted this piece in remembrance of hundreds of Spanish freedom fighters that were killed by French after Napoleon set out to concur Spain. Goya also painted an oil painting entitled The Second of May, 1808 that was the same size and depicts the rebellion that the Spaniards help lead (Zappella, Christine 2017). In The

Francisco de Goya was born in 1746 in the village of Fuendetodos in Aragon. He started studying painting before the age of 14. Goya lived in Spain during the French occupation in 1808 that led to the Peninsular War of 1808–1814;therefore, the war changed Goya’s paints pallet from bright colors to dark colors. Goya painted the struggle the Spanish people went through. For instance, he painted The Third of May and The Disaster of The War series. Goya also suffered from a severe and undiagnosed illness

                          GOYA: Truth and War On May 2nd 1808 the people of Madrid revolted against the French troops occupying their city. The following day the French retaliated. In the remembrance of this event Francisco de Goya painted The Third of May. The horrific scene takes place at night on a deserted hillside. The feeling of horror is conveyed by the churoscuro

The Third of May Francisco Goya I chose to my report on Francisco Goya Third of May, 1808. This painting represents the French taking over Spain during the time Napoleon was in reign. This invasion was a two day process but the painting is about what happened on the third of May. “Napoleon chose to invade Spain because he wanted to out his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, in power in Spain to have an alliance with Spain to conquer Portugal” (Zappella, 2014). “The invasion was an ambush as the French told

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was conceived on March 30, 1746, in Fuendetodos, a town in northern Spain. The child of a guilder, Goya spent the vast majority of his childhood in Saragossa. There he started considering painting around the age of fourteen. He was an understudy of José Luzán Martínez. At to begin with, Goya learned by impersonation. He duplicated the works of incredible experts, discovering motivation in progress of such craftsmen as Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez and Rembrandt

devorando a su hijo, or Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, standing out the most amongst them all. With his wildly staring eyes, gaping mouth and half-eaten son in his hands, it makes one wonder what would drive an artist to create an image like this. Goya, however, was not uneducated in the horrors of the world, witnessing the travesties of the Peninsular War, the atrocities of the Spanish Inquisition, surviving two life threatening illnesses, with one leaving him completely deaf, and the death of six

Zoe Benavides March 7, 2017 CULF 1319-14 Professor Thrasher Francisco Goya and Vincent Van Gogh A Giant Seated in a Landscape, sometimes called The Colossus by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace that was painted by Vincent Van Gogh are two very meaningful artworks. Regarding their nationalities, Goya’s artwork’s geographic location is Spain while Van Gogh’s is Dutch. Goya’s art is an etching that is part of the romanticism movement. Contrary to Goya’s, Van Gogh’s