This is based on Goya's famous painting "Saturn Devouring His Son", if anyone was wondering.
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One of my favorites. I wish we knew if that's really what he intended to depict - people just guessed.
I dunno, I think that's part of the magic of the Black Paintings. To me, what makes them truly unsettling (in the best way) is the fact that he painted them exclusively for his own desire and that we're limited to guessing the subject matter (which, although ambiguous, was undoubtedly dark).
kolpeshtheyardstick made a pretty great video essay about the work and its historical context and cultural impact. (01:04:19)
I never heard about how it was made before and that really changed how I view the work.
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Insanity created some of the most definitely gothic images ever. Goya is so slept on. I'm especially partial to his etchings
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True, I just always want to know the facts about everything, no matter how insignificant, for historical posterity and my own curiosity.
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Imo in this original painting Saturn is horrified either to be doing this at all, or to be seen doing it.
So I don't think the poetry transfers to trump here.
I know this is shit posts but we're also discussing high art so...
It's hard to say for sure. I always interpreted his expression as maniacal rather than horrified.
He certainly wasn't horrified about doing it in the original myth, as far as I remember.
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But why did you post a weirdly cropped version? I just can't see how that happened.
Here's the full painting:
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This is a really good reference to classical Roman mythology. Something that the US government usually appreciates.
It's a reference to Goya a Spanish painter.we don't really know if this painting was about chronos, that's a theory.
they were roommates
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son
Huh, neat. I tend to believe it is anyways with that previous sketch and simply belonging under the umbrella of Romanticism but there's some solid points there against it.
Just the point that the buttocks are too round to fit a typical male depiction is pretty compelling.
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art is lies that reveal the truth
-some artist
Maybe you’re thinking Alan Moore in V for Vendetta?
Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.
Definitely didn't originate with Alan Moore. I've seen it attributed to Pablo Picasso but I think the first is probably Aristotle.
I was actually expecting it wasn’t him and was hoping that I would find the original when I searched it but he was the only one that showed up - for my query at least. Thanks for the extra info!
Cunningham’s Law:
The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
Trump wouldn't eat the flag, he'd use it to wipe his shit
why do you think he's eating it?
h̸̤̻͐͆ȩ̷̃̕ ̶͙̎l̵̈̾͜i̸̥̥̾k̷̡̝̀̈́ë̶̬͕́ṡ̴̩͖ ̶̡̰̊̀t̴̮̎̈́ḩ̶̿ê̵͈̻ ̶͇͌t̸̨̘͒a̷̙͉͐s̶̗̄̈t̷̻̻̔é̴͓̼̕
Nah, he uses the constitution for that.
Only if it’s a gilded flag.
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Damn don't do Cronos like that
Who painted this? I want to buy this painting.
I'm sure there are quite a few people that would love to see him choke on a flag.
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Fuck AI. Fuck Trump. Fucking love Fransisco de Goya.
Good one. Not that I can do any better, but would it make more sense to put the statue of liberty there to better reflect the original inspiration?
I would have Trump raping the Statue of Liberty for both the truth and shock value.
Liberty and Justice being assaulted. Apropos. What really sucks is that these were made during his first term, which was nothing compared to the full-on fascist assault he's doing now.
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If we ever have another elected president, I hope that one of their first acts after undoing literally everything that the orange menace has done is to replace every picture of trump in any government building with this.
Gonna need fundamental change to make the president less powerful and make it so that no one party ever holds a majority in Congress ever again. The first would follow the second, so we should be pushing for something like Sequential Proportional Approval Voting for every legislature we got.
Start with reforming the ways your elections are held. To the rest of the world it seems like a 250 years old system to keep those with money in power. I thought the american revolution was held to get lost of a king and his henchmen?
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Is there an artist or is this AI?
Ai, it's a parody of a famous painting "Saturn devouring his son".
I'm actually grateful that it is. I'd hate to think a human spent time on this. Imagine the psychological damage.
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AI
I'll let it slide. This time...
I am a happy /c/fuckai subscriber and I am still comfortable admitting that image generators can be great for memes and quick jokes.
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