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Goya
What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- recognise what influenced Goya
- understand the relationship between Napolean and Goya
- feel more confident as an independent learner.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 19/10/2017
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That said:
1) yes, the quality of the videos is indeed poor, though the content was authoritative.
2) the number of examples is, as usual for OpenLearn, relatively small and insufficiently representative.
3) Goya's working methods warranted coverage: from a traditional apprenticeship; solitary working; technical collaborations; the fact that even when working with assistants he personally executed the creative and expressive parts.
4) the references to plates clearly lacks true benefit, when only one has been included. As would have been usual practice I download all videos and images (that are not embedded in Word) anyway, (since OpenLearn courses tend to be removed after a period of time, if they had not been reviewed by an OU academic), but V2.4 and V2.7 defeated me.
5) The 'Conclusion' is clearly superficial, containing no information (in contrast to all of the other art's courses); indeed, there is only 1 exercise within the course anyway.