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Etching and aquatint 21.4 x 15.1 The Chinchillas: Etching, aquatint and engraving 20.4 x 14.9 They spruce themselves up: Etching, aquatint and engraving 21 x 14.8 What a tailor can do: Etching, aquatint, drypoint and engraving 21.4 x 15 What a golden beak: Etching, aquatint and engraving 21.5 x 15 The shameful one: Etching and aquatint 21.4 x ...
Goya's usage of the recently-developed technique of aquatint (i.e., a method of etching a printing plate so that tones similar to watercolor washes can be reproduced [4]) gave Los Caprichos pronounced tonal effects and spirited contrast that made them a major achievement in the history of engraving.
Los Caprichos lack an organized and coherent structure, but they have important thematic nuclei. The most prevalent themes are: the superstition around witches, which predominates after Capricho No. 43 and that serves to express ideas about evil in a tragicomic way; the life and behavior of friars; erotic satire relating to prostitution and the role of the matchmaker; and to a lesser extent ...
The first floor displays 22 prints from Los disparates series, 40 prints from La Tauromaquia and 82 prints from The Disasters of War, while the second floor displays 80 engravings from Los caprichos. The collection was created thanks to several donations of works from renowned artists bought after they were auctioned. [7] [8]
Pages in category "Prints by Francisco Goya" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Prints by Francisco Goya (11 P) Pages in category "Works by Francisco Goya" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
In this painting Goya depicts himself in a bullfighter's suit. La Tauromaquia (Bullfighting) is a series of 33 prints created by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya, which was published in 1816. The works of the series depict bullfighting scenes. There are also seven extra prints that were not published in the original edition.
The Prisoners is a series of three etchings by Francisco de Goya, depicting imprisoned men with indistinct faces, bound with leg irons in stress positions. The prints are not dated, but they are believed to have been made between 1810 and 1815, around the time Goya started his print series The Disasters of War. Political considerations made it ...