Hi Robert !

Well then, if you take a look at Goya's painting " The Second of May, 1808 " Where Goya commemorated the uprising of the people of Madrid against Napoleon's cavalry in one of the most terrifying and convincing battle scenes in the history of Art, you will see what I mean. There is no sense of good triumphing over evil; instead, Goya shows ghastly and bloody confusion. His theme is not patriotism, but horror at man's inhumanity. Also take a look at his other painting " The Third of May 1808 " this painting depics an execution, in here you can see the terrified eyes of the Spanish insurgent, the cruelty of it all. Goya focuses our attention on the man in their midst, who throws out his arms in a Christ-like gesture of martyrdom.

In the British Museum they have Goya's series of engravings " Disasters Of War " where a man is wielding an axe in the air and about to chop off the head of a French soldier, whilst in the background, there is another Spanish insurgent about to stick a knife in to another French soldier who has been knocked down on his knees. The savagery depicted on these drawings gives you a real glimpse of the horrors of that war.

I think you are craving for chocolates !