apr 12, 1823 - 106. Y no hai remedio (And There's Nothing To Be Done)

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Form:
-style: romanticism (challenging power and oppression)
-etching, drypoint
Content:
-part of series of 82 called Disasters of War
-what human beings capable of
-government misuse of power on helpless victims
-man is blindfolded with head down tied to wooden pole (christ-like)
-recently deceased corpse with extreme detail of his grotesque face (behind body on pole is a dead body on pole)
Function:
-pictures the atrocities of war
-visual indictment and protest against French occupation of Spain
Context:
-publish 1863, made 1810-1823 CE
-artist: Francisco Goya (trained by Rococo)

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