Francisco de Goya's series, the Disasters of War, remains one of the strongest accusations against the horrors and tragedies of war to date. Reflecting the suffocating atmosphere of violence that surrounded Spain at the time, Disasters of War attacks the senselessness of war itself and makes a desperate appeal to all that is good in man. Although sources are unanimous in asserting that Goya was not physically in the midst of any actual violence, Goya acts as a witness to the series insofar as he was subjected to and deeply aware of the current violent events that characterized Spain during the Peninsular War. Disasters of War should be considered the true ancestor to all great visual war reporting because, like a new photographer, Goya successfully captured events of war in the instant they were committed, making visible what is often too difficult to capture with words. Goya's war does not appear noble or heroic like the majority of nineteenth century war depictions. Rather, it......

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Title: Goya's Disasters Of War
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