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Tag Archives: Sarah Symmons
duchess of alba: seven year fling
At about the time that Goya began work on the “Caprichos” , he also began his famous but always somewhat ambiguous affair with the Duchess of Alba, probably the most vivid figure that her society produced. In 1795 she visited … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous
Tagged E.H. Gombrich, Francisco Goya, George Romney, John Flaxman, Joshua Reynolds, Kenneth Clark, Liz Hager, Robert Hughes, Rose-Marie Hagen, Sarah Symmons, The Duchess of Alba, Thomas Gainsborough
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ghosts of bordeaux: deceptions and perceptions
A seventy-seven year old Francisco Goya left Spain for France in 1823; he still held his position as first painter to the court, but even so, with the final triumph of Ferdinand, he had gone into seclusion. Goya saw Spain … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous
Tagged Alan Woods, Albert Camus, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Fred Licht, Goya Bordeaux period, Jesse Bering, Philip Hofer, Reva Wolf, Richard Dorment, Sarah Symmons, Sigmund Freud, Victor Hugo
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3 rd of may: shoot in may and go away
Like all great historical and philosophical themes, analyzing the Third of May is somewhat vulnerable to some superficial and not necessarily valid interpretations. The originality of Goya’s treatment in his depiction of the executioners. Where they might expectedly have be … Continue reading
caprichos: folly ridden assemblies
The “Caprichos” of Francisco Goya were among the first etchings to be done with aquatint, and were completed between 1796 and 1798 then put on sale the following year in book form. They had begun to take shape in the … Continue reading
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