Saturn Devouring His Son: On Francisco Goya and Today’s Generational Conflict

Few images evoke the acrimonious relationship between America's younger generations and the old fogies that govern us more than Francisco Goya's early-1800s painting: Saturn Devouring His Son. In this Romantic-era masterwork, the gigantic Titan feasts on one of his children with startling savagery. According to the myth, Saturn decided to chow down due to his…Read more Saturn Devouring His Son: On Francisco Goya and Today’s Generational Conflict