HUMN-303 Week 3 Assignment: Art Creation & Reflection-Sculpture, Painting, or Drawing (Oil Painting by Franciso Goya)

We all have situations in our life that we battle through some are worse than others. Very easily as an outer looking in we have all these prejudgments as to what we would do if we were in their situation. The painting of the firing squads shooting unarmed people some may say why didn’t they fight back. The sketch of unkind words stated to a girl some may say just don’t listen. Both suggestions seem easy as an outer looking in to do but it’s much more complicated than that. The piece I chose as my inspiration is the oil painting by Franciso Goya called May 3, 1808. Although the scene took place in 1808 Goya didn’t finish with this picture until 1814 Madrid, Spain. This painting is of a very gruesome execution of Spanish guerrillas by Napoleonic soldiers. During this time the Peninsular war was erupting French and Spanish armies invaded Portugal. “Goya shows the tragedy of freedom.” (Jones, 2003, p. 63). In this painting is shows the betrayal of the French to the Spanish the once allies now enemies because of the greed of one man. French just needed something from the Spanish they used them to get what they wanted and stabbed them in the back well in this case firing squad to death. This drawing is called the broken girl drawn on paper dipped in red painted. This is a battle I have fought through my whole life. Always feeling that I wasn’t good enough to accomplishment anything in life. I have two older sister who are very successful me as the youngest I felt as if I could never live up to that. I was shamed by my family at the age of 20 because of becoming pregnant by man who I was not married to and that I had not accomplishment anything. I was told I was young and dumb this should have never happened. Throughout middle and high school I was bullied and told I was ugly and that man would ever be with me. During high school I was molested by a family member I told no one because I thought This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :13:58 GMT -06:00 4 this is what happens to ugly girls. The feeling of worthlessness definitely burden me for a very long time I felt as if I would never be good enough to do or be anything. The man who got me pregnant his name is Todd Felder he is my husband we have been in a relationship for 10 years he has been my rock. He knows ab