The Disasters of War is a series of 82 etchings and aquatints made by Francisco Goya between about 1810 and 1820, though the prints were not published until 1863, thirty-five years after his death. The images fall into three groups: scenes of violence against soldiers and civilians during the Peninsular War against Napoleon's occupation, the devastating famine that struck Madrid in 1811 and 1812, and allegorical prints criticizing the restored Bourbon monarchy and the church's resistance to liberal reform. Rejecting the heroic conventions of earlier war art in favor of unflinching depictions of atrocity and suffering, the series is considered one of the foundational works of anti-war art in the Western tradition.
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Year CreatedSeries created 1810 to 1820, per the cited Wikipedia lead; year-created records the start year. MediumEtching and aquatint, with engraving and drypoint 1 Medium
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The Disasters of War combines etching and aquatint.
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The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) is a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya.
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The series was produced using a variety of intaglio printmaking techniques, mainly etching for the line work and aquatint for the tonal areas, but also engraving and drypoint.
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The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) is a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Although Goya did not make known his intention when creating t
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