Goya and Daumier Comparison
I have found the realism arts to be very fascinating. The three pieces of art that I will be discussing are Francisco Goya's The Third of May, 1808 oil on canvas 8ft 9 in. x 13ft 4in, Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, 1830 oil on canvas 8 ft 6 3/8 in. x 10ft. 8 in. and Honore Daumier, Fight between Schools, Idealism and Realism, 1855 Caricature
The painting The Third of May, by Francisco de Goya, was done to commemorate the events of that took place during the Napoleonic Wars in Madrid, Spain on May 2 and 3 1808. The painting sets the scene of a man about to be killed by a firing squad. The bodies of those who have already been killed are scattered around him, and those that wait to be killed stand in line behind him. The ground is covered in blood from those who have already been executed. The sky in the background is black, with the outline of a convent on the horizon. "Goya uses his art to make his statement that war of any kind produces no good". (www.arthistory.net)
The people waiting to be killed are not as prominent as the man facing death at the moment. Their emotions seem to be of fear and sadness. They are all grouped together crying, focused on themselves rather than exhibiting the bravery that the man about to be killed is. They are all covering their faces, which seems to represent their need to hide themselves from the fate which is awaiting them. They are not as willing to accept their death as the man about to be killed. "For the first time war was depicted as futile and inglorious and for the first time there were no heroes only killers and the killed." (www.imageone.com) The bloody corpses lying on the ground seem to further emphasize the horrible and brutal reality of what occurred that morning. The red blood spilled all over the ground is a contrast to the otherwise relatively colorless scene. It draws the viewer to look at it and to think about what it means and where it comes from.
The French Revolution of 1830, also known
The painting The Third of May, by Francisco de Goya, was done to commemorate the events of that took place during the Napoleonic Wars in Madrid, Spain on May 2 and 3 1808. The painting sets the scene of a man about to be killed by a firing squad. The bodies of those who have already been killed are scattered around him, and those that wait to be killed stand in line behind him. The ground is covered in blood from those who have already been executed. The sky in the background is black, with the outline of a convent on the horizon. "Goya uses his art to make his statement that war of any kind produces no good". (www.arthistory.net)
The people waiting to be killed are not as prominent as the man facing death at the moment. Their emotions seem to be of fear and sadness. They are all grouped together crying, focused on themselves rather than exhibiting the bravery that the man about to be killed is. They are all covering their faces, which seems to represent their need to hide themselves from the fate which is awaiting them. They are not as willing to accept their death as the man about to be killed. "For the first time war was depicted as futile and inglorious and for the first time there were no heroes only killers and the killed." (www.imageone.com) The bloody corpses lying on the ground seem to further emphasize the horrible and brutal reality of what occurred that morning. The red blood spilled all over the ground is a contrast to the otherwise relatively colorless scene. It draws the viewer to look at it and to think about what it means and where it comes from.
The French Revolution of 1830, also known
References: Retrieved on April 12, 2006 from: http://en.wikipedia.org Retrieved on April 12, 2006 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Monarchy Sayre, Henry M. (2005). A World of Art. (p. 487). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall Retrieved on April 13, 2006 from: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126184/english/artbalance Retrieved on April 14, 2006 from: http://www.arthistory.net/ Retrieved on April 15, 2006 from: http://www.artchive.com/artchive Retrieved on April 20, 2006 from: http://www.imageone.com/goya/1808.html Retrieved on April 20, 2006 from http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/CAR_CAU/CARICATURE_Ital_caricatura_ie_r.html Retrieved on April 21, 2006 from http://www.daumier.org/