Saturn Devouring His Son
Artist: Francisco Goya
Year Composed: 1823
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: Spain
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
Year Composed: 1823
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: Spain
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
About the Artwork
Possibly inspired from Peter Paul Rubens' Saturn Devouring His Son (1636) from the Baroque Age of art, Francisco Goya's piece of the same name shows a demonic resemblance of the Titan Cronus eating the flesh of his child in fear of being overthrown by each one that he created. Instead of showing a man (as in Rubens' work) as Cronus, Goya romanticizes the Titan by making him essentially larger than life with a demonic, insane nature. By rendering him in this fashion, audiences no longer first see the mythological narrative; instead, they first see the emotional torment and cruelty of the entire scene.
About the Artist
Spanish painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (more commonly known as Francisco Goya) was known as one of the last old masters and one of the first Modernists. His Romantic style of painting is an expressive mixture between the mythological nature of the Baroque and the painterly nature of the Impressionists. Iconic works such as his Portrait of Manuel Godoy (1801), The Third of May, 1808 (1814), and Witches Sabbath (1823) all exemplify his unique approach to rendering these expressive portraits and scenes.
About the Movement
Saturn Devouring His Son was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Possibly inspired from Peter Paul Rubens' Saturn Devouring His Son (1636) from the Baroque Age of art, Francisco Goya's piece of the same name shows a demonic resemblance of the Titan Cronus eating the flesh of his child in fear of being overthrown by each one that he created. Instead of showing a man (as in Rubens' work) as Cronus, Goya romanticizes the Titan by making him essentially larger than life with a demonic, insane nature. By rendering him in this fashion, audiences no longer first see the mythological narrative; instead, they first see the emotional torment and cruelty of the entire scene.
About the Artist
Spanish painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (more commonly known as Francisco Goya) was known as one of the last old masters and one of the first Modernists. His Romantic style of painting is an expressive mixture between the mythological nature of the Baroque and the painterly nature of the Impressionists. Iconic works such as his Portrait of Manuel Godoy (1801), The Third of May, 1808 (1814), and Witches Sabbath (1823) all exemplify his unique approach to rendering these expressive portraits and scenes.
About the Movement
Saturn Devouring His Son was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain