This essay comapres Francisco Goya's royal portraits with 18th Century Mexican Casta paintings and argues that Goya was influenced by the earler Mexican style.
Title
Shadows and Bloodlines in the Royal Family Potrait: Francisco Goya and 18th Century Mexican Casta Paintings
Author
Mendel, Grace (Class of 2013)
Advisor
Lyon, J. Vanessa (Faculty/Staff)
supporting host
Grinnell College
Identifier (u2)
ARH
Index Date
2013
Date Issued
04-29-2013
Publisher
Grinnell College
Note
Art historians Victor Stoichita and Anna Coderch argue that Goya "is doing no more than adopting and adapting, in the context of the 'modern' monarchic imagery, the mechanisms that glorify power and conceal weakness, which had been so long at work in court art." By contrast, I will argue today that Goya is doing much more than this. I will compare Goya’s portrait to the 18th Century casta paintings of colonial Mexico. Ultimately, I argue that Goya saw and was influenced stylistically by the slightly earlier genre.
OCS Note
This object was part of "Conferences @ Digital Grinnell", an instance of the Open Conference System (OCS) which was retired from service in September 2021.
Topic
Painting, Mexican
Topic
Painting, Spanish
Topic
Portrait painting
Geographic
Mexico
Temporal
18th century
Temporal
19th century
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Student Scholarship
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Humanities Student Symposium
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Digital Grinnell
Genre
Essay
Extent
15 pages
Media Type
PDF
Digital Origin
Born digital
Classification
ND813.G7
Language
English
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