Capricho No. 43

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Capricho No. 43 is a famous etching by Francisco Goya depicting a sleeping figure beset by nightmarish creatures, symbolizing the chaos unleashed when reason is abandoned.

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Capricho No. 43 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork
etching
print
artForm graphic art
color monochrome
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Francisco Goya
creatorFullName Francisco Goya
surface form: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
creatorNationality Spanish
creatorOccupation painter
printmaker
depicts bats
lynx
nightmarish creatures
owls
sleeping figure
genre satirical print
hasTitleVariant El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
historicalContext late 18th-century Spain
inscription El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
inscriptionLanguage Spanish
inscriptionTranslation The sleep of reason produces monsters
intendedFunction social and moral critique
languageOfTitle Spanish
medium etching and aquatint
movement Romanticism
notableFor allegorical representation of reason and madness
iconic image of the Los Caprichos series
partOf Los Caprichos
positionInSeries 43
publicationSeriesPublisher Francisco Goya
publicationSeriesTitle Los Caprichos
publicationSeriesType print series
series Los Caprichos
subjectHeading allegorical figure of Reason
monsters of imagination
symbolizes chaos unleashed when reason is abandoned
consequences of superstition
dangers of irrationality
social and moral disorder
technique aquatint
etching
theme critique of ignorance
critique of superstition
irrationality
nightmare
reason and unreason

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