HISTART 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Horatii, Los Caprichos, Tenebrism
9 Nov 2016
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He was both enlightenment figure and romantic figure. Displays self as someone with extreme powers of sight (became deaf) Appointed first painter to be king (highest honor in spanish society) Tenebrism (caravaggio) christ emerges from dark background. Shows his face looking up at god in agony. Over the top, theatrical romanticism style of the 19th century. Theme: pain, suffering, destruction, violence, et(cid:272) are roots of goya"s (cid:449)orks. 50 makes fun of ancestry again- showing their only connection with. 39 (cid:373)akes fu(cid:374) of i(cid:374)(cid:448)est(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s a(cid:374)(cid:272)estry (does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter (cid:449)ho. Goya, los caprichos, 1798 (collection of 80 some prints preaching virtue of reason and logic) your family is) outside world is being spoon-fed by ignorance, subtly makes fun of church. 43 the sleep of reason produces monsters . If you abandon reasoning, monsters will invade your consciousness. Lynx in background- emblematize power of truthful seeing. Suggests endless nature of execution (we see before, during, and after)
