MPC 103 Lecture Notes - Francisco Goya, Wild Beasts, Court Painter
13 Dec 2013
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Romantics dissatisfied with here & now dream of distant places or the. Creative spirit is more important than strict adherence to formal rules. Art can enoble humanity by it"s lack of necessity. Contemporary event in the language of a history painting. 1822/23: the cleptomanic (portrait of an insane man) When the tones are right, the lines draw themselves . Contemporary statement about turkish massacres on the greek islands. 1830: liberty leading the people (28 july 1830) Shows ordinary people, the marriage of classes supporting the revolution. One woman whose face is turned away: future wife of the crown prince. He was unmarried at the time this was painted. Key piece is #43, the sleep of reason produces monsters. 1812-14: disasters of war # 5- and the were as wild beasts. Large numbers of innocent people rounded up, brutally executed. It promoted an interest in the quaint, the old world and the irregular. God expressing himself in the beauty of nature.
