What I liked about this video was how Hughes talks about Goya's work shifting from light to dark and how he describes him as a topographer of the inner self - madness, fear, and despair. Through his work Goya tells the truth of suffering, rather than sugarcoating civilization with the false heroics, which is why he was such a good war photographer.
What I found most interesting was how much people actually misunderstood Goya. As some described him as a rebel with his work, he was really just telling the truth and protesting against horror and superstition. Another thing was how inspiration and revolution tie into this video. At the height of Goya's career in the 19th century, he had the war with the French and the guerillas to thank for his inspiration.
The person I found most interesting in this video was actually Robert Hughes and his story. After barely surviving a car accident in 1999, the art critic threw himself into the life of Goya after seeing him while in a coma and he felt the only way to free himself from the terrifying visions was to write himself out of it. Yet he believes after all his research, he will never fully understand Goya as a person. "Our inability to measure up the peculiar intensity of Goya's art might be sadly depleted today. But if that is what Goya shows us, at least he shows us something."
Picture: Painting by Goya "The Third of May 1808"
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