22nd June 2011

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fuckyeaarthistory: Francisco GoyaThe Third of May 1808 1814, Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid268 × 347 cm (106 × 137 in) “Most of the victims have faces. The killers do not. This is one of the most often-noted aspects of the Third of May, and rightly so: with this painting, the modern image of war as anonymous killing is born, and a long tradition of killing as ennobled spectacle comes to its overdue end.” -from Robert Hughes book, Goya  source

fuckyeaarthistory:

Francisco Goya
The Third of May 1808 
1814, Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid
268 × 347 cm (106 × 137 in)

“Most of the victims have faces. The killers do not. This is one of the most often-noted aspects of the Third of May, and rightly so: with this painting, the modern image of war as anonymous killing is born, and a long tradition of killing as ennobled spectacle comes to its overdue end.” -from Robert Hughes book, Goya 
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    Brings me back to summer school days… not gonna lie, I miss learning the names and artists of all the paintings and...
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    So funny how we took our APAH exam on the Third of May.
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