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Saturn (Cronus) represents time. He consumes his children because time eventually consumes everything it creates.

Unlike traditional depictions where Saturn is a majestic god, Goya paints him as a terrified monster . His eyes are wide with panic, not malice. He is a slave to his own nature. 🎨 The Technique of Despair 1819_063.jpg

Goya used almost no bright colors. It is a study in ochre, black, and gray . This reflects a "dark night of the soul." Saturn (Cronus) represents time

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In 1819, Francisco Goya was 73 years old. He was deaf, recovering from a near-fatal illness, and living in isolation in a house called Quinta del Sordo (Villa of the Deaf Man). He didn’t paint these images for a gallery; he painted them directly onto the