I'd like to state a few corrections/disclaimers for this video that I overlooked during the researching & editing process. At times, I dwell too much on one form of research or improvement for my videos, whilst overlooking another. So I don't always get it watertight, but I'm striving to improve myself and I want to keep this video as educational as possible.
First, I incorrectly advise that Goya was in his "seventies" rather than his fifties by the 1790s, even though Goya was born in 1746. This is a pretty embarrassing misreading that I forgot to correct. But thank you to those who have rightly pointed this out.
Please excuse any potential mispronunciations that I make in this video, in particular the Spanish related words and names etc. I am not Spanish, my Spanish is admittedly amateur at best, and I have never received higher education in languages. I ensure that I research as best I can for the "proper" pronunciations for all my videos, but I am basically still a novice in these things and still learning. So I wholeheartedly welcome any corrections you might have where applicable, just please also bear regional dialects in mind as well - what might sound odd to you, might be completely normal where I live. Either way, I apologise to any Spanish-speaking viewers!
Also, I try my best to research the history of countries, rulers etc. for the sake of explaining the art featured in my videos, but I try to keep it as brief as possible as it again is not my area of expertise! If I get any facts wrong, again, just kindly let me and everyone know in the comments :) I endeavour to improve my research and sources in the meantime.
THE BLACK PAINTINGS:
Considering that Francisco Goya is commonly regarded to be one of the most notable Spanish artists of all time, completing paintings that were once bright and vibrant, with faces of contentment and bright blue skies, even painting directly for the royal family as a First Chamber Painter, it only increases the mystery and awe of how an artist such as this, created such disturbing imagery so vividly like the “Pinturas negras” (The Black Paintings). Unfortunately, beneath the incredible genius of Goya, was a tightening grip of madness and paranoia, increasing year-by-year and tragically accompanied by an undiagnosed illness that would leave him deaf. Most tragically, his deepest fear of losing his sanity, would swiftly become his harshest reality. A vicious cycle of fearing becoming old and paranoid, would only increase his anxiety each passing year. Many believe this troubled period of solitude and alienation from people around him, to be the burning catalyst for these paintings. A perfect window into how he visualized humanity and the world surrounding him during this time. An almost tragic result of a once vibrant world he created, turning into something resentful and distrustful. This series of paintings and the artist was recommended to me by viewers on my last video on Richard Dadd. And each day I got more tempted as I read more about Goya and this series of paintings, so without further ado, I’d like to thank you guys for recommending this topic to me and I hope today we can shine some extra light on these incredibly dark pieces of art. As we take a look, one by one, through the Black Paintings of Francisco Goya.
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