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[[File:The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters.jpg|350px|thumb| | [[File:The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters.jpg|350px|thumb|''The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters'' by Francisco Goya.]]'''''The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters''''' (Spanish: ''El sueño de la razón produce monstruos'') is an etching by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. | ||
Created between 1797 and 1799, it is the 43rd of 80 etchings making up the suite of satires ''Los Caprichos''. | Created between 1797 and 1799, it is the 43rd of 80 etchings making up the suite of satires ''Los Caprichos''. | ||
Goya imagines himself asleep amidst his drawing tools, his reason dulled by slumber and bedeviled by creatures that prowl in the dark. | Goya imagines himself asleep amidst his drawing tools, his reason dulled by slumber and bedeviled by creatures that prowl in the dark. | ||
The artist's nightmare reflected his view of Spanish society, which he portrayed in the ''Caprichos'' as demented, corrupt, and ripe for ridicule. | The artist's nightmare reflected his view of Spanish society, which he portrayed in the ''Caprichos'' as demented, corrupt, and ripe for ridicule. | ||
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== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Das Gespenst eines Flohs.jpg|link=Monster (nonfiction)|[[Monster (nonfiction)|Monsters]] are quite capable of producing themselves, says [[Monster (nonfiction)|monster]]. | File:Das Gespenst eines Flohs.jpg|link=Monster (nonfiction)|[[Monster (nonfiction)|Monsters]] are quite capable of producing themselves, says [[Monster (nonfiction)|monster]]. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Carnevale Tenebre]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Human Flea Circus]] | |||
* [[The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Monster (nonfiction)]] | * [[Monster (nonfiction)]] | ||
External links | == External links == | ||
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]'' @ Wikipedia | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]'' @ Wikipedia | ||
Latest revision as of 15:01, 7 February 2021
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Spanish: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an etching by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya.
Created between 1797 and 1799, it is the 43rd of 80 etchings making up the suite of satires Los Caprichos.
Goya imagines himself asleep amidst his drawing tools, his reason dulled by slumber and bedeviled by creatures that prowl in the dark.
The artist's nightmare reflected his view of Spanish society, which he portrayed in the Caprichos as demented, corrupt, and ripe for ridicule.
The full epigraph for capricho No. 43 reads; "Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her(reason) , she (fantasy) is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels."
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Carnevale Tenebre
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Human Flea Circus
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Memesters
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters @ Wikipedia