Saturn Devouring His Children - Goya

Saturn Devouring His Children is the title for this work done by Spanish painter Goya. This piece like many of Goya's works incorporates themes of human bestiality and madness. These themes became prevalent in his works because of the first hand experiences he had such as with Napoleon's brutality towards the Spanish people. He was one of the first artists to focus on the irrational aspect of human nature which he then translated into art. Goya had a tendency to look at the ugly side of society, the inhumanity that existed among men.