Imagination Flashcards
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
What is its main idea?
When you ignore imagination in favour of pure reason, things go bad
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
How is the dream like atmosphere conveyed
Aquatint technique and its grainy texture
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
How are connotations to the supernatural shown?
Use of supernatural animals, especially the lynx which can ‘look through deceit’
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
How is the idea of the work expressed thoroughly?
The name on the bottom left
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
How is the idea of this ‘lack of imagination’ indicated as a flaw of mankind?
This work is a part of a series; ‘The Follies of Man’
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
Rejection of the Age of Enlightenment is seen with?
The man is seen falling asleep to reason
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
Give me a quote;
“When abandoned by reason, Imagination produces impossible monsters;… she is the mother of the arts and source of their wonders.” - Francisco Goya
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
What does the aquatint and its grainy texture do?
A dream-like (i.e. irrational) atmosphere
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
What does the use of supernatural animals do?
Connotations of the supernatural
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
What does the name on the bottom left do?
Conveys the idea of the print much more clearer
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
What does the fact that this is part of the ‘Follies of Man’ series do?
Shows the idea of this ‘lack of imagination’ is as a folly of mankind
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
“When abandoned by reason, Imagination produces impossible monsters;…
… she is the mother of the arts and source of their wonders.” - Francisco Goya
Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799):
Aspects of the subjective frame include?
- Irrational animals (lynx sees through deceit)
- Dreamlike atmosphere, the middle of a nightmare
- Dark tones and grainy texture creates fear and mystery
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
What is its main idea?
War is terrible and horrid
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
How is a sense of drama and horror manifested?
Colour choice of dark black night and deep crimson red blood which signify mystery
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
How is the innocence and virtue of the Spanish people revealed?
Christian iconography of the central figure with his crucifix pose and white shirt
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
What aspects removes the humanity of the war mongers?
French soldiers are turned away hiding the most expressive part of the body from the audience
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
How is a sense of danger and violence exhibited?
Rough texture and the unrefined brushstrokes with a contrast of dark and light
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
In what ways are the atrocities and brutality of war displayed?
The incredibly fearful expressions on the faces of the Spanish victims
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
Give me a quote;
“It is unlike all previous war paintings. No glory; only pity and loss, and the defiant humanity of the victims.” - Critic Robert Hughes
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
What does the colour choice of dark black night and deep crimson red blood (which signify mystery) do?
Sense of drama and horror as a result of war
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
What does the Christian iconography of the central figure with his crucifix pose and white shirt do?
It shows the innocence and virtue of the Spanish people
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
With the soldiers turned away hiding the most expressive part of the body from the audience, what does this achieve?
It removes the humanity of the war mongers i.e. the French
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
What does the rough texture and the unrefined brushstrokes with a contrast of dark and light do?
How is a sense of danger and violence exhibited
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
The incredibly fearful expressions on the faces of the Spanish victims
In what ways are the atrocities and brutality of war displayed?
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
“It is unlike all previous war paintings. No glory;…
…only pity and loss, and the defiant humanity of the victims.” - Critic Robert Hughes
The Third of May 1808 (1814):
Aspects of the subjective frame include?
- Highly emotional, deep sense drama
- Based on Goya’s own life, NOT REAL dramatisation that captures the feelings of the Spanish
- Rough brushstrokes has a sense of danger and violence
- Aspects of romanticism, a rejection of pure reason and logic in favour of emotions and respect of nature
