{"id":495,"date":"2017-03-01T11:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=495"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:12:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:12:29","slug":"the-chapman-brothers-vs-goya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/the-chapman-brothers-vs-goya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chapman Brothers vs. Goya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chapman brothers decision to revamp Goya&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Disasters of War<\/em> was very controversial. The brothers were accused of vandalism and faced harsh criticism from many of their peers in the art community. However, their intention was never to ruin Goya&#8217;s work, but to challenge people to think about it in a new light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-01-at-10.42.52-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-497\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-01-at-10.42.52-AM-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-01-at-10.42.52-AM-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-01-at-10.42.52-AM.png 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0images that Goya etched were dark and disturbing to begin with, but the use of colors added details that enhanced these feelings. The light blue color draws emphasis to the faces, making them pop and highlighting the emotions that they are conveying. The clown-like faces add a sense of eeriness, while also heightening the theme of a nightmare. The brothers addition of color modernized Goya&#8217;s work and added a 21st century spin on the etchings. The act alone of drawing on Goya&#8217;s artwork causes the audience to debate whether or not the meaning of what Goya was trying to depict was lost or enhanced with the new additions.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think that Goya would approve of what the Chapman brothers did to his work?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chapman brothers decision to revamp Goya&#8217;s\u00a0The Disasters of War was very controversial. The brothers were accused of vandalism and faced harsh criticism from many of their peers in the art community. However, their intention was never to ruin Goya&#8217;s work, but to challenge people to think about it in a new light. The\u00a0images that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/the-chapman-brothers-vs-goya\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Chapman Brothers vs. Goya&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}