Goya. you stand in front of a Goya and things happen. first its the light that seems to illuminate from behind the canvas - cutting swathes through the more formalised components. When you stand in front of "The shootings of may 3rd, 1808", pictured here on the left, you cannot help but ride the painting like an ocean swell, its that moving. It occupies a wall to itself in the Prado, Madrid and is large - roughly 9 x 11 ft. It looks like it was painted yesterday.
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