Presentiments of things to come - from "Disasters of War"
La Leocadia - A portrait of Leocadia Weiss. One of his "Black Paintings"
The Duchess of Alba
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Showing posts with label disasters of war. Show all posts
06 June 2009
A little light relief courtesy of Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Presentiments of things to come - from "Disasters of War"
La Leocadia - A portrait of Leocadia Weiss. One of his "Black Paintings"The Duchess of Alba
08 June 2008
Goya - Disasters of War
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Paris was the chance to attend a major exhibition of Goya's engravings. Included of course were his Disasters of War engravings depicting scenes from the French invasion of Spain.Nearly 200 years on they remain powerful images of the horrors of war: Rape, mutilation, famine.
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