Topic 3 - 'And There's Nothing To Be Done', Francisco de Goya, 1810
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what series is the print a part of and how many prints are in the series?
'The Disasters of War' is an 82 print series
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what prompted Goya to make the series?
the Peninsula war, 1808-14
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the madrid rebellion of the spanish led to...
an anti-french revolt all over spain
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this anti-french revolt was the first example of...
guerilla warfare, e.g. ambush and surprise
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goya spent most of the conflict in....
occupied madrid
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goya was summoned by...
general palafox to zaragoza
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what goya witnessed in zaragoz...
made him begin his series
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the disasters of war was commissioned by....
no one
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the prints were not publicised until...
35 years after his death
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the series was made through the techniques of...
etching, aquatint, engraving and drypoint
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the act of etching mimics the...
brutality of war, e.g. the scratching, acid and erosion
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there is a central....
christ-like figure, bowed head, illuminating glow
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his planted feet show....
his determination and strength even as a victim
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the foreshortened corpse also part of the scene shows....
his ultimate fate
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the monotone nature of the work...
shows the brutality and 'black and white' reality of war
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similar to....
the third of may, with the soldiers aimed guns
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