2023-01-13

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Great Art Explained

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In this full-length film, I look at Francisco Goya's later works. At the age of 46, Goya suffered from a severe illness that caused loss of vision and hearing, tinnitus, dizziness, right-sides paralysis, weakness and general malaise. Although he recovered from a cerebral stroke which accompanied it, he went completely deaf. From this point on his work took a darker tone.

To understand Francisco Goya's Black Paintings, we need to understand how he went from a popular well-loved royal portrait artist to painting deeply disturbing imagery on the bare walls of his house in total isolation.

His darker work was never really seen in his lifetime. His series of etchings known as Los Caprichos was withdrawn from public sale for fear of attack by the Inquisition, and his deeply pessimistic 'Disasters of War' was so gruesome and radical it had to wait until his death to be published. Even his masterpiece, The Third of May 1808, was censored by the king and hidden away.

His wife and most of his friends were dead and he had become isolated. He was 73-years old, sick, and completely deaf. His long life was coming to a close… BUT he wasn’t finished yet. The man who had once painted crucifixions, miracles, saints, and priests, now painted terrifying, demonic, raw and brutal works – works without even a hint of God.

His last years were spent in isolation secretly creating some of the most horrific images in Western art, The Black Paintings.

Using footage from my earlier short films, Goya Part 1 and Goya Part 2, I have added about 25 minutes of new footage to make this full-length film.

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CREDITS

SUBTITLES

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Portuguese Subtitles by Margarida Ferreira

Spanish subtitles by Victor González

Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

Special thanks to Drone Footage (Madrid aerial shot) - a brilliant YouTube channel (please subscribe) that allowed me to use some of their beautiful footage - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKoK...

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FILM CLIPS

Napoleon Footage Ⓒ Gaumont Films

Reign of Terror Ⓒ Eagle-Lion Films

BOOKS

Goya: A Portrait of the Artist by Tomlinson and Janis

Goya by Rainer & Rose-Marie Hagen

Goya by Robert Hughes

Goya`s Graphic Imagination by Mark Mcdonald, Mercedes Cerón–peña, et al.

MUSIC

Asturias by Isaac Albéniz

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