Dad and I were supposed to fly to Iran yesterday. Impotently watching the news unfold from the UK reminds me of Seamus Heaney's 'Summer 1969', in which the Irish poet describes being in Madrid while riots engulf Belfast, escaping the heat to gaze at Goya's paintings in the Prado.

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Goya's 'Bobalicon' shows a giant castanet player and ghostly faces, frightening their audience. Though unclear, this might be a depiction of irrational fear. Explore more nightmarish artworks in FREE lecture on Book here: https://t.co/tl7qz2NgTC / tel 01234 718044

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An extra credit assignment for my Western Art History class: A redraw of Francisco Goya's "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters"

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Goya's Fear of Madness. Yard with Lunatics (1794) was informed by institutions Goya had seen as a youth. It was painted at the time when his deafness & fear of mental illness were developing. Asylums, then, were prisons the mentally ill were thrown into with no hope of cure.

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Today we celebrated a plaque on Blackstock Rd, N4 marking the room where the CND sign (now universal peace symbol) was adopted. Designer Gerald Holtom based it on semaphore for N and D but also alluded to, inverted, the central figure in Goya's anti-war painting, 3rd May 1808.

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Goya/Hogarth at gets glowing review in The :
'Goya's prints of war, madness and folly are founding masterpieces of modern art ... His nightmares were anticipated by Hogarth's ... groteque scenes ... This show compares these great printmakers.'

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"Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki" TV Anime Reveals Nagoya's Charms https://t.co/W4LyVCH78c

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Near the end of his life, Francisco de Goya created a satirical series of etchings known as “Los disparates,” meaning “nonsense” or “follies.” These prints contain some of Goya's most mysterious imagery, which he intentionally left open to many interpretations.

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"Mary Devouring Her Son" aquatint etching, 2011, Florence, after Francisco Goya's black painting "Saturn Devouring His Son"

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Take home this ORIGINAL aquatint etching of "Mary Devouring Her Son" after Francisco Goya's black painting, "Saturn Devouring His Son". There is only one available! https://t.co/NGQdeGiX6h

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Our favourite pachyderm - Goya's slightly misshapen elephant in the enigmatically named 'Who Will Bell the Cat?'

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Goya's last known portrait: Mariano, his 21 year old grandson painted in 1827, a year before the artist's death.

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Favourite art? Goya's Witches Sabbath for us. What's yours?

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Learning & Access Intern Rebecca will introduce visitors to 'Goya's Last Prints' tomorrow @ 1.15pm

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[#novel exc] "And so began the strangest half-hour."

[pic: Self-portrait with Dr. Arrieta]

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From the PORT archive – a revealing look into Francisco Goya's private sketchbook http://t.co/5YEmoWC1wm

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Francisco de Goya's "The Giant" (or Colossus...) around 1814-1818... brilliant etching...

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