This film is more that a record of Goya’s work; it is also an interpretation of the philosophy of the man himself. Two sharply differing aspects are depicted: in “The Feast of St Isidore” Goya sketched the festivities in Madrid, the excitement of the bullfight and the mixed adoration and fear in the faces of the people at the evening procession of the Virgin; in “The Horrors of War” Goya depicted all the cruelty, fear and violence of the Napoleonic invasion and the grief and pain which followe it. The film concludes with a vision of drawings showing the sadness and futility of human existence.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003598
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Spanish
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Spain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Spanish
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)