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'''''Prison Interior''''' (Spanish: '''''Interior de cárcel''''') is |
'''''Prison Interior''''' (Spanish: '''''Interior de cárcel''''') is an oil on canvas painting completed by the Spanish artist [[Francisco Goya]] (1746–1828) between 1793-94. The painting is bathed in a dim, cold light which gives it look feeling of [[purgatory]]. |
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It is one of a number of works the artist made of scenes set in [[lunatic asylum]]s, including ''[[Yard with Lunatics]]'' (1793–1794) and ''[[The Madhouse]]'' (1812-1813).<ref>Hughes, 140</ref> These works were painted at a time when mad-houses were 'holes in the social surface, small dumps into which the psychotic could be thrown without the smallest attempt to discover, classify, or treat the nature of their illness."<ref>Hughes, 139</ref> Goya often feared for his own sanity, a fact which underscores these works with feelings of dread. |
It is one of a number of works the artist made of scenes set in [[lunatic asylum]]s, including ''[[Yard with Lunatics]]'' (1793–1794) and ''[[The Madhouse]]'' (1812-1813).<ref>Hughes, 140</ref> These works were painted at a time when mad-houses were 'holes in the social surface, small dumps into which the psychotic could be thrown without the smallest attempt to discover, classify, or treat the nature of their illness."<ref>Hughes, 139</ref> Goya often feared for his own sanity, a fact which underscores these works with feelings of dread. |
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Revision as of 19:47, 4 December 2010
Prison Interior (Spanish: Interior de cárcel) is an oil on canvas painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828) between 1793-94. The painting is bathed in a dim, cold light which gives it look feeling of purgatory.
It is one of a number of works the artist made of scenes set in lunatic asylums, including Yard with Lunatics (1793–1794) and The Madhouse (1812-1813).[1] These works were painted at a time when mad-houses were 'holes in the social surface, small dumps into which the psychotic could be thrown without the smallest attempt to discover, classify, or treat the nature of their illness."[2] Goya often feared for his own sanity, a fact which underscores these works with feelings of dread.
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Bibliography
- Connell, Evan S. Francisco Goya: A Life. New York: Counterpoint, 2004. ISBN 1-5824-3307-0
- Hughes, Robert. Goya. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. ISBN 0-3945-8028-1