At Large  November 26, 2018  Jennifer Dasal

ArtCurious: Goya's "Saturn Devouring His Son"

Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819-1823, oil on canvas, 146 × 83 cm , Prado National Museum.

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Shock Art: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son

Works that we take for granted today as masterpieces, or as epitomes of the finest of fine art, could also have been considered ugly, of poor quality, or just bad when they were first made. With the passage of time comes a calm and an acceptance. But that doesn’t change the fact that there are many works peppered throughout art history that were straight-up shocking to the public when they were first presented decades, or even hundreds of years ago.

Today's work of "shock art:" Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son.

About the Author

Jennifer Dasal

Jennifer Dasal is a contemporary arts curator with nearly twenty years of art-historical studies and experience.

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