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Francisco José of Goya
Francisco José of Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish painter and engraver. His work encompasses easel and mural painting, engraving, and drawing. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and piano teacher. His musical legacy covers, chronologically, from Classicism to the beginnings of Romanticism. -
The defeat at Waterloo
The defeat at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, at the hands of the international coalition commanded by the Duke of Wellington, -
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The Holy Alliance
The Holy Alliance was a treaty celebrated on September 26, 1815 between Francis I of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia. -
Saturn devouring his son
It is a mythological theme that in the political context of the moment could be interpreted as "Spain devouring its children", that is, it would refer to the Cainite struggles between the political factions (absolutists, liberals, Frenchified) that have torn apart national life since 1808. -
Symphony No. 9
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, also known as "Choral", is the last complete symphony of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. -
revolutionary reaction
Romanticism is a cultural movement that originated in Germany and the United Kingdom at the end of the 18th century as a revolutionary reaction against the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, giving priority to feelings. -
Literary realism
Literary realism arises in the twilight of romanticism and comes to break individual freedom ending with romanticism, which replaces the need to explain and analyze the social reality of the moment.