Neither These 18th-19th century

Curator: Goya's print, "Neither These," shows us a brutal scene. What strikes you right away? Editor: Darkness. It's a heavy, suffocating darkness. The figures almost melt into it, pulled down into despair. Curator: Goya's use of aquatint here is so powerful. He's not just depicting violence, but the mood around it. Editor: Exactly! It’s like the air itself is toxic, poisoned by what’s happening. It feels like a memory, a haunting afterimage of trauma. Curator: It certainly captures something universally troubling about human nature and conflict. Editor: Makes you wonder, doesn't it, what shadows lurk within us all.