Francisco Goya was an 18th-19th century Spanish painter known for his realistic depictions of both the enlightened ideals of reason as well as the monstrous aspects of humanity. Some of his most famous works include a series of etchings called Los Caprichos that critiqued superstition and idiocy, as well as paintings like The Third of May, 1808 which depicted atrocities during the Spanish War of Independence against the French. Towards the end of his life, Goya created a series of dark paintings called The Disasters of War and the Black Paintings that portrayed the horrors of both reason and unreason.