Goya: His Life and Art Video (DVD)

This forty-four minute DVD video explores the life and art of Spanish Romantic painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. This RTVE production also explores the effects of the Napoleonic War on Spain, how Goya's paintings show what Spain was like when the Neoclassism painting style was ending, and the origins of the Romanticism and Impressionism period's in painting. Romanticism is a style that is the opposite of the order of the order, proportion, and simplicity of Neoclassism painting style. Romanticism is a style more focused on emotion, changes, and the imperfection of the natural world. This DVD focused on Goya is a good watch for those who wish to learn more about Spanish art at the end of the Napoleonic War, Romanticism sand Impressionism painting style, and the Spanish Romantic painter Francisco Goya.

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(44 minutes)