Francisco Goya: Saturn Devouring His Son (1819-1823) (Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain) A painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Not only that, I find the context of this picture intriguing when I had first known about it. He was a painter that painted lavish and sophisticated scenarios of the Spanish aristocracy then to a satirist and ending up a deaf painter in exile and excluded from society with a son out of eleven children due to the brutality of the Napoleonic War. This particular artwork was oil painted as a mural on the walls of Goya’s farmhouse located in the outskirts of Madrid; however, it was later transferred onto a four inch eight centimeter by two inch eight centimeter canvas for the purposes that the initial intent was not of public display. Cronus rebelled, overthrew his father and became ruler of the Universe instead of his father. Untitled, known as Saturn Devouring His Son, Devoration or Saturn Eats His Child. She swapped the child with a rock and gave it to Cronus who immediately devoured it. As mentioned earlier, Goya in this particular time frame was depicting the literal and mental horrors of war thus explains the purpose of the “Black Paintings”. Goya based this design on a picture by Rubens of the same subject and in seventeenth-century emblem books Saturn signified the weariness of the aged for whom life has become burdensome. Saturn Devouring His Son, 1820-23 by Francisco Goya Click Image to view detail. We did this back in May. I have chosen Spanish painter Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son” (1819-1823). Wishing to enact his plan of the Continental System, a blockade towards British trade in Europe, Portugal was the only country to maintain its British affiliations.
“Saturn Devouring His Son” by Francisco Goya The work is one of the 14 Black Paintings that Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823. Napoleon’s brother, Joseph, was then inducted to the throne. This gruesome painting forms part of the so-called 'black paintings', made by Goya in the period 1819 - 1823. This gruesome painting forms part of the so-called 'black paintings', made by Goya in the period 1819 - 1823. This painting is part of the "Black Paintings" series and depicts the Greek Myth of Cronus. The subject depicted in a Romanticized style is the Roman god, Saturn, anguished by the prophecy that one of his children will be overthrown by one of his children;… Saturn is shown as barbaric and resentful of his indulgence of the pride to remain his authority (much like the countries that were fighting in the war). On the topic of empires, it seems that the gore and pride of each country is not worth as many lives to be sacrificed which can be illiterate to the artwork. Saturn Devouring his Son is a history painting that illustrates the myth of the Roman god Saturn, who, haunted by a prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his sons, ate each of them moments after they were born.

I have chosen Spanish painter Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son” (1819-1823). The first five children (the gods Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades and Poseidon) were eaten alive but when the sixth, Zeus, was born, their mother Rhea devised a plan to save him.
However, the vagueness of the picture itself is the myth of Saturn. To prevent the prophecy from happening, Cronus devoured his children when they were born. The image itself drew in the sense of wondering what Goya was thinking, what were his thoughts. In 1819, Goya purchased a house on the banks of Manzanares near Madrid called Quinta del Sordo (Villa of the Deaf Man). Posted by 3 days ago. The painting became one of Goya's most well-known works, and has been widely referenced in pop culture and parodied as … To demonstrate his allegiance, Goya commemorates two paintings “The Second of May 1808” and “The Third of May 1808” which have similar techniques as “Saturn Devouring His Son”. The painting is inspired by Greek myth, as prophecy foretold Saturn would be overthrown by one of his sons, thus ate them as soon as they were born. In 1874, the murals were removed and transferred onto canvas. To obstruct this, Napoleon formulates an invasion of Portugal by dethroning Spanish King Charles IV and his son, King Ferdinand VII. “Saturn Devouring his Son” One of the private paintings by Fancisco Goya that we weren’t supposed to see… This well known, yet disturbing mixed medium panel painting is by the Spanish Romantic artist, Francisco Goya, from 1819-1823. Furthermore, his eyes are somewhat wide because of astonishment by indication of the light spotlighting him at the exact moment of eating his son and just to add, by him crouching refers to a savage and animalistic nature. 489. https://www.khanacademy.org/.../v/goya-saturn-devouring-one-of-his-sons The very macabre pr… However, in a symbolic sense, by him devouring (the action itself) could represent many things: the brutality of clashing empires (French and Spanish), the nature of combat and violence, the savagery of man’s actions as to be justified for the moral good of the empire, or more broadly, mental disfigurement.