"Saturno Devorando a su Hijo" (Saturn devouring his Sons) Goya, painted during 1819-23(?).
From http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/goya.htm
Goya : Saturn Devouring his Son
Goya : Saturn Devouring his Son
"Saturno Devorando a su Hijo" (Saturn devouring his Sons) Goya, painted during 1819-23(?).
From http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/goya.htm
there's a story behind the Goya painting...Saturn (the practical, earthy and ambitious god of the planet Saturn) devours his children for fears of a prophecy that his reign will be cut short by his offspring.
This was painted during Goya (some said to be the first impressionist painter) 's last and darkest years, on a wall of his last home.
here's a more cheery and magical painting:
Gatos Ri?endo (Cat fight)
This was painted during Goya (some said to be the first impressionist painter) 's last and darkest years, on a wall of his last home.
here's a more cheery and magical painting:
Gatos Ri?endo (Cat fight)
I know it may sound a bit blood thirsty but I really like that painting.
It has a savage desperation to it that is very admirable!
I was always fascinated with the gods that the planets were named after, my favourite has to be Pluto and Charon, hehe sinister a duo if there ever was!
I also always like the classical music by Holst, I had it on vinyl as a child and played it until it literally went flat!!!! hehe!
It has a savage desperation to it that is very admirable!
I was always fascinated with the gods that the planets were named after, my favourite has to be Pluto and Charon, hehe sinister a duo if there ever was!
I also always like the classical music by Holst, I had it on vinyl as a child and played it until it literally went flat!!!! hehe!
"Creeping up the backstairs
Slinking into dark stalls..."
Slinking into dark stalls..."
Glad you liked it...
it's animalistic ! just look at the wide and fearful eyes, the crouched position, the clenched fist, the whiteness of the devoured child. in Goya's era nobody was painting like him. Saturn was NEVER portrayed in this way..always as a bearded, classical figure, even when killing his sons. Goya made him look like a vulnerable giant, with a haunted and haunting gaze. his giant fists are crushing his son, the blood is so red...he's eating his son and also being eaten by his own fears...cannibalised as well as being a cannibal.
it's animalistic ! just look at the wide and fearful eyes, the crouched position, the clenched fist, the whiteness of the devoured child. in Goya's era nobody was painting like him. Saturn was NEVER portrayed in this way..always as a bearded, classical figure, even when killing his sons. Goya made him look like a vulnerable giant, with a haunted and haunting gaze. his giant fists are crushing his son, the blood is so red...he's eating his son and also being eaten by his own fears...cannibalised as well as being a cannibal.
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That Goya's is one of my favourite paintings ever, really, and your interpretation, Coral, is brilliant. More than expressionism, there's something like hyper-realism to me there, almost like a photograph, Saturn looks like he's been caught in the act, he's literally and figuratively red-handed!
More than expressionism, there's something like hyper-realism to me there, almost like a photograph, Saturn looks like he's been caught in the act, he's literally and figuratively red-handed! "We're keeping busy, yeah we're bleeding stones
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
With our machinations and palindromes
Anything but hear the voice that says we're basically alone"
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