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Exploring the Variety of Vegetables in Japanese Cuisine
Discover the diverse and flavorful world of Japanese vegetables! From the popular Chinese cabbage to the versatile eggplant and the bitter Goya melon, Japanese cuisine offers a wide range of vegetable dishes. Whether you're a fan of...
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Discovery of Giant Guinea Pig Fossil: Unveiling the Ancient Rodent World
Scientists at the German University of Tribune have discovered the fossil of a giant Guinea pig, known as Fabermus pedestoni, that lived 8 million years ago in Venezuela. This massive rodent weighed around 700 kilograms, making it the...
The Art Assignment
What Does Resistance Look Like?
Resistance isn't always visible, but when we can see it in art, what does it look like? Step back through global art history and look at Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace, Henry Oscar One Bull’s...
The Art Assignment
Caption this painting. | David Rathman | The Art Assignment
David Rathman’s paintings pair atmospheric landscapes with carefully selected phrases, playing with the relationship between text and image. This week, he created a painting for you to caption.
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Zen Buddhists at War - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Zen Buddhists at War
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Two Old Men and Restoration of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
It is impossible to know for sure who is depicted in Goya's Black Paintings, but there is evidence to suggest that the man in Two Old Men is Goya himself. Goya was a great admirer of the painter Diego Velázquez and this painting closely...
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Salvador Dali's 'The Persistence of Memory': Great Art Explained
Salvador Dali's exploration of the depths of the subconscious mind in his paintings and his powerful images tapped into the fantasies, dreams, fears and hallucinations of entire generations, and he should be remembered as a consummate...
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Francisco Goya's Third of May Painting
On May 2nd, 1808, Spanish citizens rose up against the occupying French forces. The next day, the French struck back at dawn. Hundreds of Spanish citizens were rounded up and shot. When Ferdinand VII regained power, Goya requested...
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Political and Personal Struggle in Francisco Goya's Paintings
In the early 1800s, the French invaded Spain and overthrew Ferdinand VII. Goya initially supported the French invasion, hoping they would restore democracy and end the inquisition but the reality of living through war affected Goya...
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Allegories of State Violence and Tribalism in Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
Judith and Holofernes depicts a story from the Bible in which Judith and her maidservant behead the tyrant Holofernes. By removing the peripheral iconographies and focusing only on the violent action, Goya brings this story into his own...
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Overview of the Disasters of War Series by Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya's series of aquatint prints, The Disasters of War are hard to look at. Rather than focus on the bombastics of usual war art, he depicts the suffering of regular people - the starving, assaults, executions. He does not...
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Francisco Goya's Death and Legacy
At age 78, Francisco Goya left Spain to start over in France. Four years later, he died there. Goya was a radical artist who was passionate about truth. He went from a painter in the Royal Court to the chronicler of catastrophe during...
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La Leocadia, Francisco Goya's Mistress
La Leocadia, also known as The Seductress, is likely one of Goya's last paintings. It is painted on a light background, unlike the dark background of the rest of the Black Paintings. The woman in the painting bears a striking resemblance...
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The Etching Technique of Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya's series of aquatint prints, Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War (Los desastres de la guerra) has long been recognized as one of the supreme monuments of European art. How did Goya create these complex aquatint tones?...
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Comparing Francisco Goya's Women Laughing and Men Reading
Women Laughing depticts a risqué scene, unusual for the reserved and somewhat prudish Goya. The style and composition of this painting closely resembles Men Reading, which was painted next to Women Laughing on Goya's wall. Could the...
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Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos Prints
What happens when reason or rationality is asleep and superstitious beliefs take over from science and reason? Francisco Goya explores this and other Enlightenment topics in his Los Caprichos series of aquatint prints. One of the most...
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Power and Dispair in Goya's paintings: Asmodea, Saturn, and The Drowning Dog
The Black Paintings series by Francisco Goya is dark and haunting overall, but a few of the paintings are particularly grim. We will explore themes of war and fear, the horror of power, and helplessness as we analyze the last three...
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How Francisco Goya uses Mythology as Symbolism for Personal Struggle in the Altropos Painting
Altropos (The Fates) is Francisco Goya's interpretation of the myth of the Moirai, the three sisters who decide the life and death of mortals. He added in a fourth, male figure in his painting and a baby. The sisters inspect the thread...
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Theories Behind Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
The Black Paintings (Las pinturas negras) are often considered to deptic insanity and Goya's own struggles after losing his hearing. But is that an accurate understanding of these paintings? What is the context of the The Black...
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Class Disparity and Gluttony in Francisco Goya's Two Old Men Eating Soup
Two Old Men Eating Soup, also sometimes called The Witches, is one of the best preserved Black Paintings. It is a small painting that hung above Goya's kitchen doorway. This may be another depiction of the have versus have nots theme...
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History and Style of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
Francisco Goya created The Black Paintings on the walls of his secluded farmhouse, far from the eyes and politics of Madrid. The fact that he created these 14 paintings as frescos rather than the usual canvas and oil paint indicates that...
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Francisco Goya: From Light to the Dark Paintings
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes began working as a court painter for King Charles III of Spain in 1786. He painted mainly portriats and was well-known for his romantic style. His artistic style turned darker, however, when his health...
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Go-Pay CEO on Business Strategy, Ambitions in Vietnam, Industry Outlook
Oct.11 -- Aldi Haryopratomo, chief executive officer at Go-Pay, discusses becoming a growth partner for merchants, adoption in Indonesia, ambitions in Vietnam, acquisitions and consolidation in the industry. He speaks exclusively on...
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Miley Cyrus front row for equestrian portraits-themed show
AP Entertainment
New York, 13 Feb. 2013
1. Wide pan of New York Public Library exterior
2. Various of backstage hair and makeup
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Keren Craig/Co-Designer:
"It's based on a painting by Francisco De Goya called...