Word: tauromaquia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these etchings that the Museum's show explores. Four series of his prints comprise most of the show: Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting), and Disparates (Follies--published after Goya's death in 1828), the Caprichos and the Desastres de la Guerra. These last two, especially, complement each other, echoing Goya's experiences in Spanish society, his understanding of the irrational forces that make reason so difficult to express, and his conviction that reason is the only answer to these forces...