REVIEW * CLASS TRIP TO XATIVA FINE ART MUSEUM * OCT.16, 2022
GOYA KNEW THE SECRET TO THE WITCHES FLIGHT
Since Halloween and the Day of the Dead are very close to each other, who better to take up the theme of witches' flight than Francisco Goya. Traditionally, witches were believed to use a broom to move through the air and assist the coven in places far from their usual haunts.
The women accused of witchcraft were women who took care of the home: wives, midwives, servants, etc. And what do these people have in common? A broom! It stands to reason that the broom was a representation of women and thus became the witches' tool.
Goya, who knew the aspects of witchcraft well, captured the moment when an old witch initiates a young woman into these practises. But he also knew that it was not the broom that gave the witches their flying abilities.
* Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A. (KarlaDarocas.com)
ART TALK * GOYA GRANDEUR * tba
LECTURE * GOYA * LOS CAPRICHOS & LOS DISPARATES - TBA
LECTURE is about a particular phase in Francisco Goya's life that led to his prolific manifestation of etchings and aquatint caricatures.
GOYA ATTACKED ARRANGED MARRIAGES WITH HUMOUR
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828) paintings, drawings and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals. He supported the new enlightened and educated spirit of the times by opposing arranged marriages. At that time, the function of marriage was merely a means to promote the economic or social success of the family and ignored the pain that people suffered.
** Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A. (KarlaDarocas.com)
REVIEW * CLASS TRIP * EXHIBITIONS * Sorolla Childhood & Paths of Modernity
The Bancaja Foundation exhibition of 86 paintings by Sorolla dedicated to childhood was wonderful. The exhibition rooms were spacious, and the walls were painted a muted grey so that the unique Mediterranean colours he used in his painting really stood out.
* Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A. (KarlaDarocas.com)
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