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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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I would like to see that exhibition.
jams, how wonderful to be able to see these "in the flesh," so to speak! :)
If it comes to the US go visit LB. It's brilliant
It was Teach!
It looks a really interesting exhibition!
There was a Goya exhibition back in NYC around the time I left for VT. I do not place much stock in the Dutches of Alba talk.
It really was Cherie. I was so glad to see it
Do you mean the affair between Goya and the Duchess of Alba. Beakerkin?
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