Tag Archives: Francisco Goya

“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” Francisco Goya, 1799

Etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin.

Blockbust.

You want to know how old I am?  I can remember when Blockbuster Video was The Next Big Thing.  It was a monolithic blue titan of a company that was gobbling up mom-and-pop video stores in whatever town it landed in.   Think of Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son.”

Yes … I realize that the meme below is now a bit dated, as today Netflix is infamously suffering its own problems.  It’s still funny, though.



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“Temeridad de Martincho en la Plaza de Zaragoza,” Francisco Goya, circa 1815

“The Recklessness of Martincho in Zarazoga Square.”  Etching.

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