Collect this etching by the acclaimed Spanish artist Francisco Goya from the famous Los Caprichos series.
Los caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797-1798 and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived.
Like many prints in Los Caprichos, “Bellos consejos” is a critique of human folly, social hypocrisy, and moral corruption in late 18th-century Spain. The title is ironic. “Fine Advice” suggests wisdom or moral guidance, but Goya instead shows advice that is manipulative, corrupting, or deceptive. The scene is generally interpreted as a commentary on social manipulation, sexual politics, arranged relationships, exploitation of innocence, and the transmission of bad values from one generation to another.
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Francisco Goya (17461828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Los caprichos (The Caprices) is a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created in 17971798, and published as an album in 1799. The prints were an artistic experiment: a medium for Goya's condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The criticisms are far-ranging and acidic; the images expose the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, marital mistakes and the decline of rationality. Some of the prints have anticlerical themes..
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