Spanish painter Francisco Goya completed some 500 oil paintings and murals; about 300 etchings and lithographs; and many hundreds of drawings. The first of his great series of engravings; Los Caprichos issued in 1799. The set consists of 82 plates in etching reinforced with aquatint; and their humour is constantly overshadowed by an element of nightmare. They savagely and satirically attack on social customs and abuses of the Church; with elements of the macabre in scenes of witchcraft and diabolism. Equally dramatic; more savage and chilling are the sixty-five etchings The Disasters of War (1810-14) - nightmare scenes; depicting atrocities committed by both French and Spanish. They were not published until 1863; 35 years after his death. In his last years Goya took up the new medium of lithography (in his series the Bulls of Bordeaux); while his paintings illustrate his progress towards a style which foreshadowed that of the Impressionists.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Edward PattilloEasy read; loved the pictures; a great little book.
