A Virtual Tour of Goya’s Graphic Imagination

Exhibition curator Mark McDonald takes us on a tour of Goya’s Graphic Imagination.

Exhibition curator Mark McDonald shows us how Goya’s drawings and prints allowed him to share his complex ideas and respond to the turbulent social and political changes occurring in the world around him.


Contributors

Mark McDonald
Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints

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A small wooden carved box featuring figures and a tree in relief.
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A close-up detail of a painted face rendered in muted green, blue, and gray tones.
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