La Perspectiva de Otra Ribdera The Grotesque Aethetic in Francisco de Goyas Los Capricnos and Ram�n Maria de Valle-Incians Esperpento

Zoe Mirziai

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Carrasco, Malena

Keywords

Grotesque, Art History, Spain

Area of Concentration

Art History

Abstract

This thesis explores the connection between the grotesque play, or esperpento, of Ram�n Mar�a de Valle-Incl�n (1866-1936) and the series of 80 aquatint etchings, Los Caprichos, made by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) by comparing twenty-four of the eighty Caprichos in Goya's series to the three esperpentos, Divinas Palabras (1920), Luces de Bohemia (1920-1), and Los Cuernos de don Friolera (1924). In order to solidify the connection between these two artists' work, this thesis first offers a discussion of certain concepts, such as the artist as a Creator, and terminology, such as the capricho and the grotesque. While both artists lived during a chaotic period in Spanish history, this thesis does not delve far into the history of Spain or either artist's bibliographies. Instead, it focuses on the "other-worldly perspective" shared between Goya and Valle-Incl�n in the making of their art, and the grotesque results of such a perspective. In addition, they also insert themselves in their work as a way to explain how and why they confront their audiences with highly distorted renditions of humanity rather than portraying reality in an ideal manner. With the grotesque, they communicate what they perceive to be the ugly truth of reality.

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