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  1. "Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

    What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

    Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

    That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

    #Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

  2. "Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

    What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

    Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

    That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

    #Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

  3. "Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

    What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

    Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

    That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

    #Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

  4. "Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

    What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

    Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

    That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

    #Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

  5. "Still Life with Golden Bream," Francisco Goya, 1808-12.

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is one of the all-time greats. When painting portraits, he could communicate a lot about the sitter while still depicting them more-or-less fairly. But he was also an exceptional caricaturist who ruthlessly dissected human foibles. He could paint historical works but also do works that were sharply critical of the times he was in. And he also produced many bizarre works that seem to be his savage depictions of human fears.

    What he was NOT known for was still lifes, and the ones by him can be counted on one's fingers.

    Here we have some fish in a heap by the shore. At just a glance, it seems normal, but bear in mind this was painted during the Peninsular War, when Napoleon was invading Spain and fighting was all over. Then those goggling fish eyes take on a sense of pathos. It's a heap of the dead, left on the seashore, sacrificed by a desire for conquest.

    That's how good Goya was. He can paint a still life of fish and turn it into a commentary on war.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

    #Art #FranciscoGoya #Romanticism #StillLife #War #Symbolism #Commentary #Napoleon #PeninsularWar

  6. #MissKitty is going to catch up with you all after dropping this account status and maybe a song or two. That post by #Napoleon #Hill. That's what I am entirely about because I'm talking about ending #Homelessness. I have been since the last time I was #Homeless. It presented and explained.

  7. #MissKitty is going to catch up with you all after dropping this account status and maybe a song or two. That post by #Napoleon #Hill. That's what I am entirely about because I'm talking about ending #Homelessness. I have been since the last time I was #Homeless. It presented and explained.

  8. #MissKitty is going to catch up with you all after dropping this account status and maybe a song or two. That post by #Napoleon #Hill. That's what I am entirely about because I'm talking about ending #Homelessness. I have been since the last time I was #Homeless. It presented and explained.

  9. #MissKitty is going to catch up with you all after dropping this account status and maybe a song or two. That post by #Napoleon #Hill. That's what I am entirely about because I'm talking about ending #Homelessness. I have been since the last time I was #Homeless. It presented and explained.

  10. British engineers making a pontoon bridge to access Bayonne, France, 1814 AD

  11. Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)

  12. Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)

  13. Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)

  14. Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)

  15. Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)