Goya's paintings do not look real Very few great painters did paintings that looked "real". They did paintings that were beautiful, that called certain things to mind, that set certain moods and made certain statements, but a careful study of art history (which I happen to have done) shows that pretty much EVERYTHING is idealized in one way or another, unreal in some ways, altered to fit the artist's vision or the fashion of the day, etc. bonni

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