| Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos | |
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| Artist | Francisco de Goya |
| 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 made by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Created between 1797 and 1799,[1] it is plate 43 of the 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 Los Caprichos as demented, corrupt, and ripe for ridicule.[3]
The full epigraph for caprichio No. 43 is: "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 [edit]
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1797
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1797
References [edit]
- ^ "Goya - The Sleep of Reason". Eeweems.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- ^ The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Francisco de Goya y Lucientes: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: Plate 43 of The Caprices (Los Caprichos)". Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ Jensen, Robin M.; Vrudny, Kimberly J. (2009). Visual Theology: Forming and Transforming the Community Through the Arts. Liturgical Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-814-65399-9.
Further reading [edit]
- Schaefer, Sarah C. "Goya's The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters". smARThistory. Khan Academy.
![Christopher Hitchens - The sleep of reason brings forth monsters [2007]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oUHhize6r-U/default.jpg)
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