Goya and the Darkness of Enlightenment
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Episode notes
A sleeping man collapses at his desk as owls and bats gather behind him. In 1799, Francisco Goya created an image that still feels disturbingly modern. Was The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters a warning about society, or a glimpse into the terrifying darkness lurking inside Goya’s own mind?
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