Los disparates

Νο. 13: Modo de volar (A way of flying), 24,4 x 35,3 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet). One of the most famous works of the series

File:Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 10 - El caballo raptor.jpg

Νο. 10: El caballo raptor (Kidnapping horse), 24,4 x 35,3 cm.(Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet). In this picture the depicted woman is carried in the grip of a horse's mouth. To Hughes, the woman's euphoria suggests, among other possible meanings, orgasm.

Los disparates (The Follies), also known as Proverbios (Proverbs) or Sueños (Dreams) is a series of prints in aquatint and etching, with retouching in drypoint and burin, created by Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya between 1815 and 1823. Goya created the series while he lived in his house near Manzanares (Quinta del Sordo) on the walls of which he painted the famous Black Paintings. When he left to France and moved in Bordeaux in 1824, he left these works in Madrid apparently incomplete. During Goya's lifetime, the series was not published because of the oppressive political climate and of the Inquisition. The disparates series was first published by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in 1864 under the title Proverbios (Proverbs). In this edition, the titles given to the works are Spanish proverbs. On proofs of many plates there are titles handwritten by Goya, which include the word Disparate (Folly). The series is an enigmatic album of 22 prints (in the first place 18 - 4 works were added later) which is the last major series of prints by Goya, which the artist created during the last years of his life. The scenes of the Disparates, which are difficult to explain, include dark, dream-like scenes that scholars have related to political issues, traditional proverbs and the Spanish carnival.

The works of the series

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 01 - Disparate femenino.jpg

  Νο. 1: Disparate femenino (Feminine folly), 24,3 x 35,3 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,6 x 50,3 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 02 - Disparate de miedo.jpg

  Νο. 2: Disparate de miedo (Fearful folly), 24,4 x 35,3 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 03 - Disparate ridículo.jpg

  Νο. 3: Disparate ridiculo (Ridiculous folly), 24,5 x 35,3 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,3 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 04 - Bobalicón.jpg

  Νο. 4: Bobalicón (Simpleton's folly), 24,3 x 35,2 εκ. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 05 - Disparate volante.jpg

  Νο. 5: Disparate volante (Flying folly), 24,4 x 35,2 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 06 - Disparate cruel.jpg

  Νο. 6: Disparate furioso (Furious folly), 24,3 x 35,1 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,6 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 07 - Disparate desordenado.jpg

  Νο. 7: Disparate matrimonial (Matrimonial folly), 24,4 x 35,2 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 08 - Los ensacados.jpg

  Νο. 8: Los ensacados (Folly in sacks), 24,4 x 35,1 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 09 - Disparate general.jpg

  Νο. 9: Disparate general (General folly), 24,1 x 35,1 cm.(Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 10 - El caballo raptor.jpg

  Νο. 10: El caballo raptor (Kidnapping horse), 24,4 x 35,3 cm.(Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (v)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 11 - Disparate pobre.jpg

  Νο. 11: Disparate pobre (Poor folly), 24,4 x 35,2 cm.(Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 12 - Disparate alegre.jpg

  Νο. 12: Disparate alegre (Merry folly), 24,3 x 35,2 cm.(Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

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  Νο. 13: Modo de volar (A way of flying), 24,4 x 35,3 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 14 - Disparate de carnaval.jpg

  Νο. 14: Disparate de carnaval (Carnaval folly), 24,2 x 35,2 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 15 - Disparate claro.jpg

  Νο. 15: Disparate claro (Clear folly), 24,3 x 35,2 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 16 - Las exhortaciones.jpg

  Νο. 16: Las exhortaciones (Clear folly), 24,4 x 35,3 cm. (εικόνα)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 17 - La lealtad.jpg

  Νο. 17: La lealtad (Loyalty), 24,4 x 35,1 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,2 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1864) - No. 18 - Disparate fúnebre.jpg

  Νο. 18: Disparate fúnebre (Funereal folly), 24,3 x 35,2 cm. (Platemark)/ 33,7 x 50,3 cm. (Sheet)

The 4 works which were added later

• Prado - Los Disparates (1877) - Disparate de toritos (Disparate de tontos).jpg

  Disparate de tontos, 24,3 x 35,5 cm. (Platemark)/ 30,6 x 44,5 cm. (χαρτί)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1877) - Disparate de bestia.jpg

  Disparate de bestia, 24,3 x 35,5 cm. (Platemark)/ 30 x 42,8 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1877) - Disparate conocido.jpg

  Disparate conocido, 24,2 x 35,6 cm. (Platemark)/ 30,1 x 44,1 cm. (Sheet)

• Prado - Los Disparates (1877) - Disparate puntual.jpg

  Disparate puntual, 24,6 x 35,6 cm. (Platemark)/ 30,2 x 43,8 cm. (Sheet)

External links

• Goya en el Prado, Disparates