Goya

Goya’s "Saturn Devouring His Son" shows the crazed god in a dark void violently eating his child, turning a classical myth into a raw vision of fear, madness, and the darkest side of human nature.

“The Naked Maja” by Francisco Goya was a very controversial painting at the time, showcasing the artist’s bold exploration of sensuality and of the female form. One reason the painting was so controversial is that it was an unapologetic portrait of a nude woman, without hiding behind the false pretense of mythology or religion.

Jose Romano Gutierrez Solana - The Flagellants

Goya’s "Yard with Madmen" shows a bleak asylum courtyard where distressed, half-naked patients move in chaos under harsh light, exposing both the torment of mental illness and the cruelty of how society confines it.

Rubens’s Saturn shows the powerful old god in a swirling, dramatic sky clutching his child and tearing flesh from his chest, turning a violent myth into a tense moment of fear, power, and tragic inevitability.