Francisco was a Spanish painter and print maker from the Romantic art period. He was born on March 30th 1746 and died April 16th 1828. He was most defiantly from the Romantic period of emotion and passion through painting and sculptures. The Romantic art period originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and is named what it is because it was a time period that referred back to the Romans and the Architecture and art. In his works he was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era. His father earned a living as a guilder. At the age of 14 he entered apprenticeship with a painter José Luzán, another famous painter. He was mostly known for being a court painter to the Spanish Crown. Goya married Bayeu's sister Josefa July 25th 1773, and after this gave him many ideas to paint weddings and ceremonies like it.
The Maja
This painting was to show the profane life sized female in western art. She was originally painted nude but de Goya was directed to change to clothed to make more proper and suitable for certain audiences. The original was completed in 1800ad and the clothed second was completed in 1803ad.
Saturn devouring his son
This painting portrays the Greek myth of Saturn devouring his own son because he had the fear of being overthrown by his children, so at birth he would eat them alive, bone and all. De Goya depicts this very well through all the gripping of the back bone and blood spurting everywhere, gives you the sense of blood in the air.
Calan F.
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