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Francisco Goya
ImRonBurgundy?:
In my class tonight, we viewed several pieces of Francisco Goya's artwork, and I noticed an effect it had on me that I've never experienced with any sort of classical artwork, or static artwork of any kind, really.
It disturbed me, on a very profound level. It literally made me physically uneasy, and a little frightened.
Especially this piece, Saturno devorando a un hijo (Saturn Devouring His Son)
Everything about it makes me shudder. The detail of the half-eaten body, clearly drawn from the scenes of violence that Goya saw every day in his war-torn country during the era of Napoleon, the howling madness of Saturn's eyes, filled with not even any sort of conscious maliciousness, but washed over with a complete lack of regard for, and even incomprehension of, the horrific act he's perpetrating.
tl;dr: Good God, this painting absolutely frightens me.
tomselleck69:
There is an homage/pastiche of this painting entitled "Santa Devouring the Children" in the form of a magnet on my refrigerator.
camelpimp:
I honestly can't find it frightening mainly because this is the first time I've ever seen the unedited painting. I've seen it edited like a bajillion times on SomethingAwful, so that trivialized for me. Damn you internet.
PacoSees:
One of the more disturbing ones, in my opinion, would be the one of the old man eating and the skeleton behind him.
They're chuckling and pointing.
It haunts my nightmares.
De_El:
This picture makes me kinda hungry. Does that mean there's something wrong with me? Francisco Goya was really fuckin' good, though.
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