Introduction

    "Art plays a special role in human personality. Like science and religion, art fulfills a universal urge to comprehend ourselves and the universe. This function makes art especially significant and, hence, worthy of our attention. Art has the power to reach the core of our being, which recognizes itself in the creative act. For that reason, art represents its creators’ deepest understanding and highest aspirations. At the same time, artists often act as articulators of shared beliefs and values, which they express through an ongoing tradition to us, their audience."

- H. W. Janson & Anthony F. Janson

In order to view the class notes on this website you need to click on the images. The notes provided are, as much as possible, my own class notes. This means that any information you may need for testing purposes are contained herein. It is important to remember that the notes I provide in class do not cover everything you could ever need to know about the artwork, just what I feel you should know at the high school level.

Francisco Goya. The Third of May, 1808. 1814. oil on Canvas, 8'9" x 13'4"     (2.67 x 4.06 m). Museo del Prado, Madrid.