The protagonist of the play is the infamous seducer Don Giovanni, who, driven by his unrestrained passion for satisfying his carnal desires, commits murder. The man killed by the protagonist is a commander, yet Don Giovanni is absolved of all charges.
In the upper part of The Flight of the Witches, we see three women, three witches, effortlessly supporting the lifeless or unconscious body of a male figure. He has his arms outstretched and his legs crossing the arms of the two witches on the left.
Our journey through the witchcraft of the master Francisco Goya continues with another of his unsettling paintings, The Witches’ Kitchen. This painting is based on one of the most famous witchcraft episodes in Spanish literature, inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ novel, El casamiento engañoso.
Continuiamo la nostra esplorazione nel tema della stregoneria con il maestro Goya e le sue opere. Oggi parleremo de La lampada del diavolo, dipinto che prende ispirazione dal dramma di Antonio Zamora, L’esorcizzato per forza.
In **Goya’s Exorcism**, we see the protagonist in the open countryside at night, kneeling in prayer. His expression reveals fear, as he is forced to endure the rite. More than an exorcism, it seems a black magic ritual is being performed, evidenced by the presence of voodoo dolls and dead children.
The Witches’ Sabbath by Goya is a well-known painting by the Spanish master that is part of a series of six works dedicated to the theme of witchcraft.
In the late Middle Ages, between the 14th and 15th centuries, the motif of the “Danse Macabre” first appeared in conjunction with the plague. The catastrophic epidemic that struck Europe between 1347 and 1351, known as the Black Death, laid the groundwork for a more complex reflection on human mortality and its relationship with earthly reality.
The Anguished Man is one of the works that boasts a particular painting technique known as blood painting, which involves mixing blood with paint.
