PokMovies your movie and series manager
Log in to add movies and series to your personal list
Episode Details: Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
Series: The Private Life of a Masterpiece
Season: Season 3
Episode Number: 2
Air Date:
Duration: 50 min
Goya's greatest painting is a nightmarish image of anonymous men being shot at point blank range by a robot-like firing squad. Commissioned to commemorate a heroic moment in Spanish history, the king was not pleased with its brutal imagery and it was largely forgotten until artists such as Manet and Picasso saw it as the first masterpiece to put the victims of war centre stage.