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[[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: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||200px|right|''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]''is a [[1799]] print by [[Goya]] from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' series. It is the image the sleeping artist surrounded by the winged [[ghoulies]] and [[beast]]ies [[unleashed]] by [[unreason]].]]+[[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|''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]''is a [[1799]] print by [[Goya]] from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' series. It is the image the sleeping artist surrounded by the winged [[ghoulies]] and [[beast]]ies [[unleashed]] by [[unreason]].]]+[[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]]". '''''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]]".
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==See also== ==See also==
-*[[Capricci]]+*[[Capriccio ]]
*[[Human folly]] *[[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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