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Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting which symbolised the cruelness, the cannibalism, and the despair and disappointment of the artist, Francisco Goya. Goya, when 73, he survived from two life-threatening illnesses, then he began to feel concern about his immortality. Actually he started painting inspiring paintings when he started becoming an artists, but after the illnesses he suffered, he starts to paint Black Paintings which are haunted liked on the walls of his house. His Black Paintings are uncommissioned and not open to public, the paintings reflect his moods, feelings, and his tension of becoming sick again.In this painting, Saturn is clearly holding a devoured body which was suspected to be his son according to Greek and Roman mythology. Saturn was one of the Gods of Olympians, but he was cruel. It was prophesied that one day he will be overthrowned by one of his son. So, he devoured every single one of his child once they were delivered by his wife, Ops. Besides, he castrated his father and chopped his father into many many pieces using his sickle. But then, this incident happened to Saturn himself too. His 6th son, Jupiter a.k.a Zues grew up and castrated Saturn and chopped him into pieces using Saturn's sickle.
IMO, This painting symbolised how the society works, the more power we holds, the more cruel we will be if we do not use our power wisely. Its a Big eat Small world, we have to be strong enough to withstand the other competitors.
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