GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: Holy Week in Spain in Times Past
Shadowed processions wind through Spanish streets as hooded penitents carry torches in nocturnal ritual, rendered with dramatic chiaroscuro and gestural brushwork. Goya captures folk Catholicism's raw emotional power and Spain's layered religious traditions during a period of Enlightenment questioning of such practices.
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