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Goya : Saturn Devouring his Son
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:16 am
by whatis
"Saturno Devorando a su Hijo" (Saturn devouring his Sons) Goya, painted during 1819-23(?).
From
http://www.spanisharts.com/prado/goya.htm
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:00 pm
by kuhn
This most be one of the scariest paintings I've seen! [cry]
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:15 pm
by puce
Nothing to do, but I love this photograph from Italian artist Paola Pivi
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:32 pm
by heather
The donkey photo is immense!!! wow! [king]
Eugh, the saturn thing is nasty though. [:xx]
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:04 am
by whatis
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)
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:58 pm
by Lacuna
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!
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:07 pm
by whatis
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:25 am
by Spookrijder
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!
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:47 am
by Lacuna
This is my favourite painting by Goya.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:40 pm
by Spookrijder
Very avant-garde indeed, very minimalistic too [crazy] 
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