The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
| Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos | |
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| Artist | Francisco Goya |
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| Year | c. 1799 |
| Type | Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin |
| Dimensions | 21.5 cm × 15 cm (8 7⁄16 in × 5 7⁄8 in) |
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an etching by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Created between 1797 and 1799,[1] it is the 43rd of 80 etchings making up the suite of satires Los Caprichos.[2] Goya imagines himself asleep amidst his drawing tools, his reason dulled by slumber and bedeviled by creatures that prowl in the dark. The work includes owls that may be symbols of folly and bats symbolising ignorance. The artist's nightmare reflected his view of Spanish society, which he portrayed in the Caprichos as demented, corrupt, and ripe for ridicule.[3]
The full epigraph for capricho No. 43 reads; "Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels."[4]
Preparatory drawings
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Prado - Los Caprichos - preparatory drawing - No. 43 - El sueño de la razon produce monstruos.jpg
1797
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1797
References
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- ↑ The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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Further reading
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External links
- Schaefer, Sarah C. "Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters". smARThistory. Khan Academy.
- Nyu.edu, The Sleep of Reason
- The Sleep of Reason – article in World&I Magazine
