Notes

This time period was during the romanticism era where feelings and emotions were expressed; there are weeping spanish peasants that show helplessness and fear. The whole painting is rich in color. There is also many people in the painting which shows complex intuition and a vision for this painting to show meaning to a multitude of people. At the focal point of this piece of artwork, there is a man with his hands up dressed in white. According to Spanish culture, white is referred to as pure. The man is also in a similar position as Jesus when he was hung on the cross, since Jesus was pure as well.

Goya was a Spanish painter whose personal style can be identified by the realistic movements shown by each individual in the painting. The Spanish peasants are shown inferior to the well-dressed French soldiers. Without knowing any information about this painting, one's eyes are immediately directed toward the bloodshed. This is uncommon in paintings during this time, but Goya is known to paint with exaggeration to emphasize something he feels is important.