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Among the "Black Paintings " perhaps the most famous is the painting entitled "Saturn Devouring One of His Sons " which -- when contrasted with the earlier work of the tapestry cartoons such as "The Parasol " -- reveals at first sight the full range of Goya 's evolution as both a technician and as a social satirist or social visionary . Many critics have proclaimed the "Black Paintings " to be , in fact , positivistic expressions of the individual spirit overcoming the bleakness and chaos of modern human society . Some see "nothing of

dejection or defeat in these works on the contrary , they proclaim an indomitable spirit (Gassier , 1955 ,

. 116 . and yet the visceral impact of the painting is one of unadulterated horror and alienation

Other critics have interpreted "Saturn " as a vision just as iconic as Michelangelo 's Sistine Chapel . The idea of mythic stature connecting with the interpersonal struggle for identity , power , and achievement permeates this kind of critical interpretation of the "Black Paintings Whether or not one personal experiences the "Black Paintings " as expressions of a deep pessimism or as joyous exclamations of the overcoming of human evil , one thing is certain "Of all the pictures in the cycle , Saturn Devouring One of His Sons [81] has proved the most essential to our understanding of the human condition in modern times (Licht , 1983 ,

. 167 , and the iconic impact of the painting ironically is much more intense than anything created by Goya for the earlier tapestry cartoon where an iconic image would have been much accepted and indicated by the commission

While Goya 's painting shaped myth in an horrific fashion , he "makes no allowance for anything but madness and ferocity (Licht , 1983 ,

. 168 The contrast of "SDaturn " with "The Parasol " leaves as many questions in...