2017年2月19日日曜日

Pre-TOEFL Reading, Summary (L. 40)

Lesson 27  TEST Summary
Life and Art of Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was born in Spain and lived a checkered life. After political, u                      s in Spain happened the I                           n and the French military o                        n, followed by the i                           t of Napoleon’s brother Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. Shortly after Spanish King Ferdinand VII was r                                  d as monarch and Goya was rehabilitated, General Rafael Riego and his i                                      s set up a new government and l                                l constitution. When King Ferdinand, backed by military, held power again, Goya, even though given the best position as an artist, went into e                                e for stability and lived the rest of his life coping with deafness and c                                    c illness and working on painting and l                                   c ideas in Bordeaux, France. Although academic art world criticize him for his m                                      c bitterness, his works show repeated disdains against abuse of power and strong empathy for those suffering from i                              s from governments, monarchies and churches. Moreover, c                                  n of the passion and urgency of living and even appreciation of joie de vivre can be seen in his art.



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