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-{{Template}}'''''Caprichos''''' is a set of 80 [[aquatint]] prints created by the [[Spain|Spanish]] master-painter [[Francisco Goya]] during the [[1790s]]. +[[Image:Look how solemn they are! from Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya.jpg|left|thumb|200px|''[[Look how solemn they are!]]'' from ''Los Caprichos'' by Francisco de Goya]]
 +[[Image:The Sleep of Reason.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' is a print by [[Francisco Goya]] from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' series]]
 +[[Image:El amor y la muerte(English Love and Death) is a plate 10 from Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya..jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[El amor y la muerte]]'' (English: Love and Death) is plate 10 from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' by [[Francisco Goya]].]]
 +[[Image:Caprichos - No. 50 - Los Chinchillas.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Los Chinchillas]]'' from ''Los Caprichos'' by Francisco de Goya]]
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 +'''''Caprichos''''' is a set of 80 [[aquatint]] prints created by the [[Spain|Spanish]] master-painter [[Francisco Goya]] during the [[1790s]]; among the most famous prints is "[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]".
The prints were Goya's artistic experiment: a medium for his [[condemnation]] of the universal follies and [[fool]]ishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The [[criticism]]s are far-ranging and [[acid]]; he speaks against the predominance of [[superstition]], the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, [[marriage|marital mistakes]], and the decline of [[rationality]] - among other things. The prints were Goya's artistic experiment: a medium for his [[condemnation]] of the universal follies and [[fool]]ishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The [[criticism]]s are far-ranging and [[acid]]; he speaks against the predominance of [[superstition]], the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, [[marriage|marital mistakes]], and the decline of [[rationality]] - among other things.
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Francisco Goya was considered skilled but unremarkable until he contracted [[lead poisoning]] in his late forties and made ''Caprichos.'' Francisco Goya was considered skilled but unremarkable until he contracted [[lead poisoning]] in his late forties and made ''Caprichos.''
-After contracting a high fever in [[1792]] [[Goya]] was left deaf, and he became withdrawn and introspective. During the five years he spent recuperating, he read a great deal about the [[French Revolution]] and its philosophy. The [[bitter]] series of [[aquatint]]ed [[etching]]s that resulted were published in 1799 under the title ''[[Caprichos]]''. The [[dark]] visions depicted in these prints are partly explained by his caption, "[[The sleep of reason produces monsters]]". Yet these are not solely [[bleak]] in nature and demonstrate the artist's sharp [[satirical]] [[wit]], particularly evident in etchings such as ''Hunting for Teeth''. Additionally, one can discern a thread of the [[macabre]] running through Goya's work, even in his earlier tapestry cartoons.+Goya's series, and the last group of prints in his series ''[[The Disasters of War]]'', which he called "caprichos enfáticos" ("emphatic caprices"), are far from the spirit of light-hearted fantasy the term "[[Capriccio (painting)|caprice]]" usually suggests in art.
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 +== List of Spanish titles of the prints[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Los_Caprichos]==
 +:''[[List of translation of the titles of the Caprichos]], [[Francisco_Goya_:_a_study_of_the_work_and_personality_of_the_eighteenth_century_Spanish_painter_and_satirist#I._LOS_CAPRICHOS.|English translations by Hugh Stokes]]''
 +* [[Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (aguafuerte)|Capricho nº 1: ''Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor'']]
 +* [[El sí pronuncian y la mano alargan al primero que llega|Capricho nº 2: ''El sí pronuncian y la mano alargan al primero que llega'']]
 +* [[Que viene el coco|Capricho nº 3: ''Que viene el coco'']]
 +* [[El de la rollona|Capricho nº 4: ''El de la rollona'']]
 +* [[Tal para cual|Capricho nº 5: ''Tal para cual'']]
 +* [[Nadie se conoce|Capricho nº 6: ''Nadie se conoce'']]
 +* [[Ni así la distingue|Capricho nº 7: ''Ni así la distingue'']]
 +* [[¡Que se la llevaron!|Capricho nº 8: ''¡Que se la llevaron!'']]
 +* [[Tántalo (Goya)|Capricho nº 9: ''Tántalo'']]
 +* [[El amor y la muerte|Capricho nº 10: ''El amor y la muerte'']]
 +* [[Muchachos al avío|Capricho nº 11: ''Muchachos al avío'']]
 +* [[A caza de dientes|Capricho nº 12: ''A caza de dientes'']]
 +* [[Están calientes|Capricho nº 13: ''Están calientes'']]
 +* [[¡Qué sacrificio!|Capricho nº 14: ''¡Qué sacrificio!'']]
 +* [[Bellos consejos|Capricho nº 15: ''Bellos consejos'']]
 +* [[Dios la perdone. Y era su madre|Capricho nº 16: ''Dios la perdone. y era su madre'']]
 +* [[Bien tirada está|Capricho nº 17: ''Bien tirada está'']]
 +* [[Y se le quema la casa|Capricho nº 18: ''Y se le quema la casa'']]
 +* [[Todos caerán|Capricho nº 19: ''Todos caerán'']]
 +* [[Ya van desplumados|Capricho nº 20: ''Ya van desplumados'']]
 +* [[¡Cual la descañonan!|Capricho nº 21: ''¡Cual la descañonan!'']]
 +* [[¡Pobrecitas!|Capricho nº 22: ''¡Pobrecitas!'']]
 +* [[Aquellos polvos|Capricho nº 23: ''Aquellos polvos'']]
 +* [[No hubo remedio|Capricho nº 24: ''No hubo remedio'']]
 +* [[Si quebró el cántaro|Capricho nº 25: ''Si quebró el cántaro'']]
 +* [[Ya tienen asiento|Capricho nº 26: ''Ya tienen asiento'']]
 +* [[¿Quién más rendido?|Capricho nº 27: ''¿Quién más rendido?'']]
 +* [[Chitón|Capricho nº 28: ''Chitón'']]
 +* [[Esto sí que es leer|Capricho nº 29: ''Esto sí que es leer'']]
 +* [[¿Por qué esconderlos?|Capricho nº 30: ''¿Por qué esconderlos?'']]
 +* [[Ruega por ella|Capricho nº 31: ''Ruega por ella'']]
 +* [[Porque fue sensible|Capricho nº 32: ''Porque fue sensible'']]
 +* [[Al conde Palatino|Capricho nº 33: ''Al conde Palatino'']]
 +* [[Las rinde el sueño|Capricho nº 34: ''Las rinde el sueño'']]
 +* [[Le descañona|Capricho nº 35: ''Le descañona'']]
 +* [[Mala noche|Capricho nº 36: ''Mala noche'']]
 +* [[¿Si sabra más el discípulo?|Capricho nº 37: ''¿Si sabra más el discípulo?'']]
 +* [[¡Bravísimo!|Capricho nº 38: ''¡Bravísimo!'']]
 +* [[Hasta su abuelo|Capricho nº 39: ''Hasta su abuelo'']]
 +* [[¿De qué mal morirá?|Capricho nº 40: ''¿De qué mal morirá?'']]
 +* [[Ni más ni menos|Capricho nº 41: ''Ni más ni menos'']]
 +* [[Tú que no puedes|Capricho nº 42: ''Tú que no puedes'']]
 +* [[El sueño de la razón produce monstruos|Capricho nº 43: ''El sueño de la razón produce monstruos'']]
 +* [[Hilan delgado|Capricho nº 44: ''Hilan delgado'']]
 +* [[Mucho hay que chupar|Capricho nº 45: ''Mucho hay que chupar'']]
 +* [[Corrección|Capricho nº 46: ''Corrección'']]
 +* [[Obsequio al maestro|Capricho nº 47: ''Obsequio al maestro'']]
 +* [[Soplones|Capricho nº 48: ''Soplones'']]
 +* [[Duendecitos|Capricho nº 49: ''Duendecitos'']]
 +* [[Los Chinchillas|Capricho nº 50: ''Los Chinchillas'']]
 +* [[Se repulen|Capricho nº 51: ''Se repulen'']]
 +* [[¡Lo que puede un sastre!|Capricho nº 52: ''¡Lo que puede un sastre!'']]
 +* [[¡Qué pico de oro!|Capricho nº 53: ''¡Que pico de oro!'']]
 +* [[El vergonzoso|Capricho nº 54: ''El vergonzoso'']]
 +* [[Hasta la muerte|Capricho nº 55: ''Hasta la muerte'']]
 +* [[Subir y bajar|Capricho nº 56: ''Subir y bajar'']]
 +* [[La filiación|Capricho nº 57: ''La filiación'']]
 +* [[Trágala perro|Capricho nº 58: ''Trágala perro'']]
 +* [[¡Y aún no se van!|Capricho nº 59: ''¡Y aún no se van!'']]
 +* [[Ensayos (Goya)|Capricho nº 60: ''Ensayos'']]
 +* [[Volavérunt (Goya)|Capricho nº 61: ''Volavérunt'']]
 +* [[¡Quién lo creyera!|Capricho nº 62: ''¡Quién lo creyera!'']]
 +* [[¡Miren que graves!|Capricho nº 63: ''¡Miren que graves!'']]
 +* [[Buen viaje|Capricho nº 64: ''Buen viaje'']]
 +* [[¿Dónde va mamá?|Capricho nº 65: ''¿Dónde va mamá?'']]
 +* [[Allá va eso|Capricho nº 66: ''Allá va eso'']]
 +* [[Aguarda que te unten|Capricho nº 67: ''Aguarda que te unten'']]
 +* [[Linda maestra|Capricho nº 68: ''Linda maestra'']]
 +* [[Sopla|Capricho nº 69: ''Sopla'']]
 +* [[Devota profesión|Capricho nº 70: ''Devota profesión'']]
 +* [[Si amanece, nos vamos|Capricho nº 71: ''Si amanece, nos vamos'']]
 +* [[No te escaparás|Capricho nº 72: ''No te escaparás'']]
 +* [[Mejor es holgar|Capricho nº 73: ''Mejor es holgar'']]
 +* [[No grites, tonta|Capricho nº 74: ''No grites, tonta'']]
 +* [[¿No hay quién nos desate?|Capricho nº 75: ''¿No hay quién nos desate?'']]
 +* [[Está vuestra merced... pues, como digo... ¡eh! ¡cuidado! si no...|Capricho nº 76: ''Está vuestra merced... pues, como digo... ¡eh! ¡cuidado! si no...'']]
 +* [[Unos a otros|Capricho nº 77: ''Unos a otros'']]
 +* [[Despacha, que despiertan|Capricho nº 78: ''Despacha, que despiertan'']]
 +* [[Nadie nos ha visto|Capricho nº 79: ''Nadie nos ha visto'']]
 +* [[Ya es hora|Capricho nº 80: ''Ya es hora'']]
 + 
 +==See also==
 +*[[Capriccio ]]
 +*[[Human folly]]
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Look how solemn they are! from Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya
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Look how solemn they are! from Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a print by Francisco Goya from the Caprichos series
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a print by Francisco Goya from the Caprichos series
El amor y la muerte (English: Love and Death) is plate 10 from the Caprichos by Francisco Goya.
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El amor y la muerte (English: Love and Death) is plate 10 from the Caprichos by Francisco Goya.
Los Chinchillas from Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya
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Los Chinchillas from Los Caprichos by Francisco de Goya

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Caprichos is a set of 80 aquatint prints created by the Spanish master-painter Francisco Goya during the 1790s; among the most famous prints is "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters".

The prints were Goya's artistic experiment: a medium for his condemnation of the universal follies and foolishness in the Spanish society in which he lived. The criticisms are far-ranging and acid; he speaks against the predominance of superstition, the ignorance and inabilities of the various members of the ruling class, pedagogical short-comings, marital mistakes, and the decline of rationality - among other things.

Goya described the series as depicting "the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance, or self-interest have made usual".

The work was an enlightened, visual tour-de-force critique of 18th century Spain, and humanity in general. The informal style, as well as the depiction of contemporary society found in Caprichos, makes them – and Goya himself – a precursor to the modernist movement almost a century later.

Caprichos were withdrawn from public sale before their planned release in 1799. Only a formal order from King Carlos IV kept Goya from being called before the Spanish Inquisition.

Francisco Goya was considered skilled but unremarkable until he contracted lead poisoning in his late forties and made Caprichos.

Goya's series, and the last group of prints in his series The Disasters of War, which he called "caprichos enfáticos" ("emphatic caprices"), are far from the spirit of light-hearted fantasy the term "caprice" usually suggests in art.

List of Spanish titles of the prints[1]

List of translation of the titles of the Caprichos, English translations by Hugh Stokes

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