Francisco Goya's "Saturn Devours His Son" (Essay Sample)

Saturn Devouring His Son
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Saturn Devouring His Son
Francisco Goya led in the Spanish painting between 1785 and 1820. Among his unique painting was Saturn Devouring his Son (1819-23). Goya was living during troubled times (Goya, 2009). There was a French revolution that took place between 1789 to 1795. This revolution did shatter the peace of the 18th century. It led to a series of Continental catastrophes inclusive of the Peninsular war (Goya, 2009). Later Spain was ruled by an Absolute Monarchy. He also suffered deafness along with periodic depression bouts. As a consequence, he turned his way of private painting right to a form of dark Romanticism.