Sujet
The Caprichos: A Bad Night, 1799. Creator: Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828).
Légende
The Caprichos: A Bad Night, 1799. A Bad Night is from Los Caprichos (Caprices), a set of 80 prints that satirize the vices and follies of contemporary Spanish society. Goya explored the themes of superstition and sensuality, greed and violence, and immorality and deceit practiced by men and women who appear alternately as aggressors and victims. He parodied ignorance and studipity as well as the corruption of the church and government. Goya exploited aquatint to create a dramatic contrast of light and shade through the biting and burnishing of richly textured or velvet-smooth aquatint grains. He thus expressed the opposing forces of enlightenment and ignorance, reason and the irrational world, and suggested an atmosphere of violence and doom, best illustrated in the trial proofs like this one, printed before the first edition.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G10_466
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
57,7Mo (4,8Mo) / 33,3cm x 43,5cm / 3930 x 5136 (300dpi)