Tag: Francisco Goya
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82 Works, The Art of War, Francisco Goya’s “The Disasters of War Series”, with Footnotes
Between 1808 and 1814 the Spanish, the Portuguese and English fought Napoleon’s France in the Peninsular War. In the first part of Goya’s series we witness the scenes of war… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Francisco Goya’s Escena de guerra (War scene), with footnotes
Scene from the Spanish war of independence (between 1808 and 1812) Francisco Goya was a talented Spanish painter and printmaker, and is considered one of the last of the Old Masters of painting, as well as the first of the moderns. He began his apprenticeship in painting at the age of 14, and his talent was…
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1 Painting, The art of War, Francisco Goya’s The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or “The Executions”, with footnotes
A depiction of the execution of patriots from Madrid by a firing squad from Napoleon´s army in reprisal for their uprising against the French occupation on the second of May, 1808. The French soldiers are at the right of the composition, with their backs to the viewer. They aim their rifles at the Madrilenes who…
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