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THE EVOLUTION OF SPANISH NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS & PAINTINGS * tba

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IN THIS LECTURE we will look at the visual development of the neoclassical style of painting in Spain from the mid-18th to the early 19th ce...

THE TERRIFYING SUBLIME * GOYAS MOST PROVOCATIVE PAINTINGS * TBA

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In this lecture we explore a genre of visual art that Goya spearheaded. While others were painting beautiful pictures, Goya was breaking the...

JAVIER GOYA AND HIS DOG

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DOGS OF LEISURE After the war between Spain and the First French Empire, which began in 1808 with the invasion of Napoleonic troops and ende...

REVIEW * CLASS TRIP TO XATIVA FINE ART MUSEUM * OCT.16, 2022

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Xàtiva was called Saetabis in Roman times and was famous for its linen fabrics, mentioned by the Latin poets Ovid and Catullus. Xàtiva is al...

ART TALK * GOYA GRANDEUR * tba

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In this Talk we will compare two paintings by Francisco Goya. The first is entitled The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or "The Executions...

LECTURE * GOYA * LOS CAPRICHOS & LOS DISPARATES - TBA

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LECTURE is about a particular phase in Francisco Goya's life that led to his prolific manifestation of etchings and aquatint caricature...

GOYA ATTACKED ARRANGED MARRIAGES WITH HUMOUR

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828) paintings, drawings and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals. He supporte...

REVIEW * CLASS TRIP * EXHIBITIONS * Sorolla Childhood & Paths of Modernity

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The Bancaja Foundation exhibition of 86 paintings by Sorolla dedicated to childhood was wonderful. The exhibition rooms were spacious, and t...

ART TALK * THE WITCHES OF FRANCISCO GOYA * TBA

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In this TALK, we will explore four of Goya's witchcraft paintings that we can see in Spain.  

HOW ETCHINGS ARE MADE

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Etching is an intaglio printing process in which lines or areas are scratched into a metal plate with acid to absorb the ink. In etching, th...