Satan Devouring His Sons, by Francisco Goya, really caught my attention in class. Usually when I think of art that I would like to portray, it is how I am feeling or something that makes me happy. This work of art shows Goya's truly depressed and mentally unstable state. What I didn't know was that he has many more paintings just like this, and it made me wonder what he could possibly be going through that makes him want to express himself in this manner. Similar to this one, his art portrays horror and terror to the viewer. Even though his art was not always appealing to the onlooker, it always caught people's attention. He was very successful throughout his career. This shows that if you express your thoughts and feelings in your work, you have the capability of it going noticed. In this case, people commended Goya for his ability to express himself even though it was not what people expected to see.
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