Powerpoint Presentation for Class

1. THE THIRD OF MAY 1808
FRANCISCO DE GOYA

2. The Third of May
Image courtesy of
www.artstor.org

3. Outline
 Basic Facts
 Biography about artist
 Analysis
 Compare-Contrast
 Synthesis
 Evaluation

4. Francisco De Goya’s Baseball Card
 Born March 30th, 1746 Fudentodos, Spain
 Spanish court painter (best work in this
position)
 Commissioned to do paintings
commemorating Napoleonic occupation of
Spain
 Died April 16th, 1828 Bordeaux, France

5. Basic Facts
 Artist: Francisco De Goya
 Painted in: 1814
 Genre: Historical
 Current Location: Museo de Prado
 Oil on canvas
 Subject Matter: A painting depicting a
massacre by the Spanish army of innocent
civilians in 1808

6. Analysis
 Goya depicts soldiers firing upon innocent
civilians
 Goya depicts an innocent man pleading with
the soldier trying to plead the case of the
Spanish civilians
 A rather darker painting, but a rather telling
painting about a time period

7. Compare-Contrast
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8. Compare-Contrast (cont.)
Compare
 Paintings depict
bloody events
 Mood of painting is
depressing
 Both oil on canvas
Contrast
 Artists depict a massacre
differently (Picasso used a
“collage method”, Goya
actually depicted the
events)
 Picasso painting light,
Goya dark(er)
 Two different events

9. Synthesis
 A bloody battle
 Soldiers firing in cold blood
 A man pleads his case
 Dark colors
 Despicable act of violence
 The murder of innocent civillians

10. Evaluation
 A rather emotional painting
 Captures the event
 Speaks to the tyranny that the citizens went
through
 Should be worth a lot of money (in my
opinion)

11. Works Cited
 www.artstor.org
 www.medhasfacts.com
 www.franciscodegoya.net