If Saturn looked vicious or predatory, it wouldn't be as frightening. The fact that *he* looks desperate and horrified, almoat panicked, by what he's so committed to doing is part of the terror of the piece.

@snidelywhiplash8399

4 жыл бұрын

precisely.

@randomloser1064

4 жыл бұрын

to me it looks as if he became twisted but yet he looks like he is being forced not by himself but he’s looking at the one who is making him forced him to do this and made sure that he became deformed

@randomloser1064

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he is horrified because he’s eating his own son

@randomloser1064

4 жыл бұрын

well maybe saturn doesn’t realize it’s causing him this pain whilst eating them

@randomloser1064

4 жыл бұрын

yeah that could be it

*"chewing"* "this episode was brought to you by squarespace"

@adammarquez5203

4 жыл бұрын

That’s not funny

@cheothegeo2742

4 жыл бұрын

@@adammarquez5203 fuck u. yes it is

@joannaf.5652

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao!!

@nekochan2493

4 жыл бұрын

😹😹😹😹😹 JESUS CHRIST

@user-wd6bl2pd9g

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, would've been better if Hellofresh sponsored him for this one)

The fact that he painted these horrific scenes onto the walls of his home - having to see them everyday, have them constantly around him and his supposedly safe space, and for them to be watching him and being seen in the dark - is possibly the saddest part

@SAMSARALIVEEEEEE

3 жыл бұрын

It really shows his state of mind. He was insane, it’s beautiful in a way.

@SenjuShima

3 жыл бұрын

Could you f*ckin imagine sitting down to eat and you got this lookin at you? I find it very fascinating

@vangart8472

2 жыл бұрын

I Made a creepy painting about it in my channel!

@xhappyponyxwasmyoldname1395

2 жыл бұрын

This painting would be so much more terrifying seen on the wall of a darkly lit room….

@mdnd8

2 жыл бұрын

imagine living like that, i could never. he really was something

imagine you're just hanging out with goya, snacking with him and then there's just this painting straight staring at you in the dining room

@moown816

2 жыл бұрын

terrifying

@yuumakadiri1513

2 жыл бұрын

"Uhhh... nice painting there, bud. Where'd you get it?" "I painted it myself" "Oh"

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@AB-ou8ve

Жыл бұрын

NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.

@fairoozsadaf3450

Жыл бұрын

It will scare the hell out of me God forbid🥴🥴🥴

>Chokes on son's leg bone >Dies Prophecy fulfilled

@KingJD77

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Gman underrratedddd 😂

@completem3ss

4 жыл бұрын

Dark and funny... I approve

@TheF0xskibidbopmmdada

4 жыл бұрын

You darn fool, take the bones out before eating

@theultimatelifeform3580

4 жыл бұрын

Ngl if I didn’t know better about Greek mythology I would’ve believed that due to the twisted nature of it

@tonysoprano200

4 жыл бұрын

Oi

Jesus freaking christ, that music did NOT help at all

@Kruppt808

4 жыл бұрын

That crunching at the start...... then those eyes. Yikes!

@mirkoruhl9324

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXeZqLlwl7u4YtI.html This is the music used in the video

@theeggmessiahtv3739

4 жыл бұрын

playing scp made me get used to the music

@sceplecture2382

4 жыл бұрын

Hamilton :)

@thaDjMauz

4 жыл бұрын

YES IT DID I love it

"'Saturn *Devouring* His Sons' was in the dining room" Welp, I guess Goya has a sick sense of humour.

@cactieythecactus

Жыл бұрын

He feast like saturn

@ElsaRawson

10 ай бұрын

I’d do the same, lol.

@homo.incurvatus

8 ай бұрын

Somehow I don't think he meant it to be funny.

@homo.incurvatus

8 ай бұрын

I think the dining room was the room that had the best space for it, if you look at the plans of his house...

@TarrareyoutubeOF

6 ай бұрын

Dark humor mfs

Kronos is scared, almost terrified, of himself. He is old, deluded into thinking he *has* to eat his children, out of fear of a prophecy. Yet, even though he’s won, is still afraid of his sons, and what he has become. It’s a poetic defeat, Kronos lost himself in the fear of his sons.

@knightgamer3510

Жыл бұрын

Until Kratos shows up

@Persun_McPersonson

Жыл бұрын

@@knightgamer3510 Epic funny gamer moment memes 2022

@brooke9297

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is an amazing depiction of that - something the other painters of the scene shown in this video did not capture, perhaps out of fear that it would be too dark for public display. Saturn devoured himself out of a frantic kind of fear. Found in the dark, caught, contorted into a position of resistance and shame, Saturn is devoured and has set the stage for the eventual fulfillment of the prophecy. His fear -> his wife's fear -> Zeus!

@resonnjeri6334

Жыл бұрын

Lol he could've just stopped fucking😅

The editing on this is underrated, clicking on the video and hearing the crispy chewing surprisingly freaked me tf out

@TheCinemarc_

4 жыл бұрын

Facts. Very unsettling.

@sadhours8609

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@faith9196

3 жыл бұрын

It’s so disturbing

@lunchpin403

3 жыл бұрын

It's really really overdone and overproduced

@johnb.8687

3 жыл бұрын

what makes an artist great True art, like Goyas it has a double meaning. Double speak is ancient it’s giving hints and clues to people in plain sight. Anyone who comes out and says things plainly doesn’t survive history. But the artist knows that his work will survive for others to pick up on it. Other examples of double speak are in the Bible. The book of revaluations says that four horse men, death famine war disease will come from the underworld and reign hell on earth. It’s really double speak. It’s really saying When the Roman sentries( armies) are spread thin by the problems of war famine death and disease within the country then will make our move and take over Rome. It was the Catholics communicating to their followers and that’s exactly what happened, they are in the Vatican to this day, although the church isn’t what it once was they do still have power but most importantly it’s a reminder of the systems of complete power that will always try take over their current world.

"A frightened, crazed monster discovered in the dark as if by some explorer with a torch that wondered into the wrong cave" The thought of finding something like this in that fashion makes this painting that much more terrifying. Great video.

@bensmith9253

5 жыл бұрын

ichithekiller102 This comment. That line crawled through my spine.

@idunnoifeltlikeit95

5 жыл бұрын

StripedBlackTie "sentence was amazing" that was a funny comment

@mooganify

5 жыл бұрын

Heard that when l read this, jeez.

@randomuser5443

4 жыл бұрын

I’d be running fast

@sugrsweet2753

2 жыл бұрын

reminds me of aot

one of the scariest things for me about this painting is actually the pose and the body of Kronos. it’s just so weird, unnatural, his legs are slender and long, his neck is in a weird position, the way he lends down… there if something really off about it.

@Copium445

Жыл бұрын

I always thought titans were kaiju like beings in myth but were actually just regular sized people eating other regular sized people

@Ad-fu6tj

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and his face seems so... unnatural

I think the most traumatic, disturbing and tragic paintings I’ve seen are Francis Bacon’s “black triptychs” painted to express his pain and guilt over the death of his partner

@jackieweaver3884

3 жыл бұрын

wow! I'm newly interested in paintings, so thanks a lot for introducing me to those masterpieces.

@jakleist

Жыл бұрын

The Anguished Man for me is up their also.

The fact that this child eating man in the painting is caught by the viewer (you) gives a frightening tension that doesnt go away.

@tsukijams1127

4 жыл бұрын

@Safak Aksin eye- ;-;

@roastchicken401

4 жыл бұрын

That's the most unsettling part about this painting, it's sort of engaging the viewer.

@tsukijams1127

4 жыл бұрын

@Roast Chicken oof thats why i clicked it....I regret watching this cause it made me had nightmares last night ;-;😂

@thebreadbringer9522

2 жыл бұрын

I like to imagine the follow up of the scene continuing with Cronus still looking at the viewer, frozen, unmoving. Then he slowly goes back to eating like it's an everyday thing.

@vingasoline5068

2 жыл бұрын

Never saw it that way before. Now that you say that it made the painting even creepier for me than it already was.

It's important to note that Goya didn't name his paintings. So, I don't understand why other people named this painting "Saturn devouring his son." Goya might have drawn influence from it but he molded into something specific to him

@lobeliaowl2482

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not know that! It really puts the painting into a new perspective.

@boneheadindustries6398

3 жыл бұрын

Because "That one Goya painting influenced by Saturn devouring his son, but molded into something specific to him" was kind of a clunky title.

@joe_chill1060

3 жыл бұрын

Saturn ate his children in the Greek mythos, so i guess it was based upon assumption

@ministry1082

3 жыл бұрын

@@joe_chill1060 it's Kronos not Saturn, Kronos was not Roman

@bluegenes2273

3 жыл бұрын

@@boneheadindustries6398 if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

The briefly made point that it is as if you caught him in the act is what does it for me. The image in the context of accidentally getting seen by him and being in the middle of a pause where we are each frozen, is the most horrifying part to me. His eyes communicate in this moment: "you don't understand" as well as "I have to kill you next" at the same time.

its insane to think of Goya standing alone in his dark dining room, perhaps having a glass of wine, just staring up at this painting for years...

It's the wild eyes that freak me out the most. It looks so scared and like it'd eat me too in a heartbeat

@the_original_Bilb_Ono

5 жыл бұрын

You do got some nice legs...

@jalapenopepper3282

4 жыл бұрын

@@the_original_Bilb_Ono and lookin good like a titan

@jalapenopepper3282

4 жыл бұрын

@@miamikirsten435 bruh😂😂

@pinkguy8558

4 жыл бұрын

IKR its like someone is whispering you specially when your deaf saw this paint.

@rei6en

3 жыл бұрын

exactly, because of the possibility (implication?) that the viewer and saturn are alone with no one else around, it kind of makes you feel like you're going to be next

Kronos was strong and beautiful in his youth, when he was the rightful ruler of the kosmos. Here he is warped by age, senile and insane. It isn’t only fated that he should pass the throne to the next generation, it is natural and just. But he can’t. He’s too terrified of letting go. You can see in his eyes that he is aware of the horror of his actions, and his position, but he can’t help himself.

@teachandfunnstuff3127

3 жыл бұрын

Kronos is a titan, a father of Zeus

@peepeepoopoomyguy7457

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean "world"?

@tjfryer2897

3 жыл бұрын

This work could now be titled “The Boomer”

@rskl8083

3 жыл бұрын

The fear of death, very human thing

@williampan29

3 жыл бұрын

@@rskl8083 not just fear of death, it's also fear of admitting you fading your peak, your prime, your golden age.

The only other painting that closely evokes this feeling of wretched parental fear is Ivan the Terrible by Ilya Repin. It's the same look in their eyes. Excellent analysis and editing. Thank you.

@KhushiSingh-ix6fs

2 жыл бұрын

oh my god, just looked up the painting... the eyes, THE EYES!! thanks for this comment.

@Meokka

10 ай бұрын

@@KhushiSingh-ix6fsThe pain and fear in his eyes is woah just by his eyes alone you can tell that he was the reason his son was hurt you understand that this happened in a moment of anger and the painting depicts the aftermath of an old man having to hold his dying son knowing he is the reason he will die it’s just amazing

For me, the scariest painting I've ever seen is 'Ivan The Terrible and His Son Ivan' (1885). I have never seen a mix of grief, horror, and disbelief so well-represented in art just with the depiction of a man's eyes....

me eating cold chicken wings out of the fridge at 3 AM

@tomylim6022

6 жыл бұрын

SAVAGE

@OwnnOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

OMG that is so accurate!! 😂

@alyssaguevara8284

5 жыл бұрын

blink WonEidiTu hahahahaha

@elmojedburgh3481

5 жыл бұрын

blink WonEidiTu Indeed 😅

@user-cy5qm5eb9z

5 жыл бұрын

That's Very usefull

honestly the scariest part is how there’s no known reason for painting this.

@cesarballon7874

5 жыл бұрын

¿Relamente piensas que no hay una razón para pintarlo? ¡Increíble! Qué poca capacidad de sentir la tuya.

@kaderpdi1982

5 жыл бұрын

@@cesarballon7874 I donto speacko spanisho

@cesarballon7874

5 жыл бұрын

@@kaderpdi1982 Lo sé, lo sé. Es demasiado para ti, pobrecito niño. You tampocou hablou huichihuichi.

@dididogster9994

5 жыл бұрын

I mean the amount of times I've drawn shrek with a mustache have told me you just gotta do what you gotta do.

@DanielSilva-qf6nf

5 жыл бұрын

@@cesarballon7874 He didn't say there was no reason, he said there was no KNOWN reason. I agree with him. Not having a clear reason leaves you to wonder what was going through Goya's head, forcing you to project your own demons onto the painting. That is indeed scarier. P.S.: why would you reply in spanish to an english comment?

Goya is the only painter I know of that has managed to portray my pitch black depression in the form of art. The sense of complete hopelessness, the despair, the sense of 'surely there cannot be anything more of this' yet somehow you manage to keep on trecking forward to even further recesses of darkness. The Black Paintings are complete masterpieces. Look at these things, these ghoulish creatures that barely resemble anything like a human. They seemingly have no eyes. Their faces are warped and perverted. They appear to exist nowhere, just unending darkness, smothering, smouldering them. And look at the Saturn picture. Just look at it, perhaps the most haunting and terrifying thing ever portrayed. Look at Saturn. Look at his face. His haunted, terrified, scared, panicked, traumatised panicked flailing eyes. Look at this naked bloodied creature. What is it about it that is so vividly terrifying? Because its us. He looks startled, as if he has been caught in the act. He looks desperate and pleading, like he's begging us to understand. He looks like a teenage boy that has been caught masterbating to unethical porn the second their mother bursts through the door. It's a look of shame at his own horror. We feel that, we all do. That sense of shame and horror, of panic and self loathing, of the kind of miserable self destruction that only periods of utter loneliness and isolation can do to a person. Goya took a god and transformed him into a human, a faintly pathetic, scared, insane, naked human, lost in the darkness, so far gone to his inner despair he can no longer even really process his own madness so simply stares dumbfounded at the judging viewer. He's us. He's all of us.

@J.G.Wentworth69420

Жыл бұрын

Cool story

After three years, this is still the greatest video on all the internet about the painting.

My old history teacher had this painting in his room I had to look at it almost ever single day

@Deadlyaztec27

4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever ask them why?

@thefungus9689

4 жыл бұрын

Deadlyaztec27 no I kind of just accepted it

@azeemahmed4650

4 жыл бұрын

I am hiding here in your comment because I am afraid

@santicheeks1106

4 жыл бұрын

I dont wanna sound crazy but I like staring at creepy paintings like that and just day dreaming about it and imagining stuff

@thefungus9689

4 жыл бұрын

Santi Cheeks I can respect that

(artist here) as a kid i used to hate that painting; i didn't get it, didn't find it scary at all and i found the artistic freedom he took with the anatomy (especially chronos' face) especially childish. even though i knew all about the story behind this painting i still couldn't bring myself to care about it; looking at it online didn't evoke anything in me, especially since i for some reason assumed it was tiny. that was until i saw the black paintings at the museo del prado one year ago to the date. if you've been there i'm sure you're familiar with the layout of that room, but essentially it is a round room painted red, and the painting is to the left side more toward the back of the room. now our tour guide started from the right with a massive canvas with a goat man/devil in it, and then talked about a tiny dog sinking/drowning in the painting opposite the entry. i suddenly turned around to see the rest of the black paintings (i'd even forgotten about chronos devouring his son entirely), without realizing how close i was to the wall and the picture itself. as a result i was absolutely petrified upon seeing the insanity in his eyes; he was massive and the vivid memory of the completely primal reaction i felt upon seeing it is something i will never forget. i have yet to experience something like it when seeing a painting in real life; that sense of awe and fear has made me gain a great feeling of respect for goya, and a true appreciation for this painting in particular. finally get why people find it so fascinating

@jpfikani4231

6 жыл бұрын

Victoria Lago nobody cares that much about what you feel bro

@CampingforCool41

6 жыл бұрын

I care. Stories like this are interesting and give context to the painting. I don't find it that scary online either, but I can imagine what it looks like in real life.

@hannahkatzman6854

6 жыл бұрын

I saw it at the prado in August and had roughly the same experience - I knew the painting existed but had forgotten what it looked like, and as soon as I saw it it was the only thing in the room I could focus on

@ACoolPseudonym

6 жыл бұрын

JP Fikani speak for yourself

@AtomekKotalke

6 жыл бұрын

JP Fikani roasted

One time I fell asleep while listening to H.P. Lovecraft and then had a nightmare about the black rubbery creatures that live in the sewers, in the nightmare there was a big rubbery demon eating eating a person while crouched in a dark sewer, i went to language arts the next day and had a assignment where i had to draw a character from the book we were reading (I was reading and listening to Lovecraft), anyways i drew what I saw in the dream and didn’t think much about it until i saw Saturn devouring his son, my drawing was a lot like his painting except mine was a Lovecraft monster, low quality, the person it was eating was in its left hand held close to his knee, and the rubbery demon had blood coming from its red eyes. Thanks for reading

I remember when I studied Goya's paintings in art class and I was so fascinated by his art but in particular this piece. Still one of my favorite piece of art till this day.

I saw this painting in person during a visit to a museum in Spain when I was young. Prior to this visit, art had been something I appreciated aesthetically, but not much beyond that. Then I entered "The Black Room" where all of Goya's Black Paintings were on display. I walked in, and was immediately transfixed by this exact painting discussed in the video. This was the painting that made me realize the power of art. I had never felt emotion so intensely at the viewing of a painting before, and I'm not sure I ever will, but I immediately understood that art is a medium to convey so much more than aesthetic beauty. It can express love, pain, loss, grief, joy and provoke a deep emotional connection between the viewer and the piece... I will always be thankful to this painting for opening my eyes to what art truly is.

@kaylaallison5471

5 жыл бұрын

I love your story! I really enjoy art too! It's amazing how art has the ability to show different emotions!🤗🤗

@8coast843

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. I had this when I saw 'The Taking of Christ' by Caravaggio in Dublin. That was really intense.

@idunnoifeltlikeit95

5 жыл бұрын

really? this just creeped me the funk out

@shihtzupuppy823

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Gatta thank you.

@Dan-qy6zv

5 жыл бұрын

This is how someone sees art from an emotional and mental level....from a physical level, I would say "WTF!"

Goya was disturbed, no question. What’s more alarming to me is his contentment with his disturbance. He’s fascinating.

@Hirnlego999

3 жыл бұрын

Was he, or did he observe mankind's primitive parts?

@Thirteen13551355

2 жыл бұрын

Not contentment, but acceptance.

@yanderekun4939

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thirteen13551355 sadist

@Thirteen13551355

2 жыл бұрын

@@yanderekun4939 ​You must have some serious problems, calling people sadists at random. There's nothing sadistic about accepting the fact that life can be very painful and hurtful towards people. Maybe you're one of the people causing such pain? You won't get my sympathy.

@Thirteen13551355

2 жыл бұрын

@@yanderekun4939 It's also just incredibly weird how I am a sadist for not going with the idea that Goya was 'content' with what he saw. That would be sadistic, lol. You're weird as hell.

This is one of the best structured essays I’ve ever seen. All your interpretations tie in so well with each other

A lot of artists have painted disturbing images, but Goya was THE BOSS with his Black Paintings.

The sound design of this video is in a league of its own

@benifferhurr

6 жыл бұрын

let's not forget those visual effects too

@TheMTHouse

6 жыл бұрын

Seriously though. As soon as it started I was like, "oH NO"

@courtneypearson2658

6 жыл бұрын

It's definitely one of his better ones. Loved ALL of it!

@yeoj410

6 жыл бұрын

Ya, I was thinking that a bit earlier and by the end I was totally impressed. I think that Nerdwriter is really pushing the boundaries of what video essay can convey, how effectively and concisely it can do it. It's been a joy to watch his visuals and sound design develop over the past ~2 years I've been watching, and totally inspires me to push my skills further and learn.

@gixnla

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I love how in the Goya-going-deaf part the sound is a little off. At first I thought it was me, but then it struck me...

That has to be one of your best intros ever. Spine tingling chills

@DannyFeng

6 жыл бұрын

24 Frames Of Nick truth

@connorhalleck2895

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely the worst. I hate the sound of chewing.

@rileychico5495

6 жыл бұрын

horrifically great.

@bittenhare4493

6 жыл бұрын

Hola hoops

@magnusoffermanns6067

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. My favorite so far. Your art videos make way to awesome knowledge very hard to aquire otherwise

bro, this painting... and that creepy music on the background... fuck, i'm freaked out af.

I distinctly remember seeing this painting for the first time when I was in Madrid a decade ago. I knew of Goya, but did not know at all of his "Black Paintings", and seeing this painting immediately shocked me - a real visceral sensation of disgust I've never experienced from any piece of art. I don't remember much else from that museum, but I still remember myself flinching to this day.

I think the fact that he painted these on his walls of his home and didn't show them to anyone is the most disturbing thing.

@SaraStar7373

6 жыл бұрын

TheZixion the ultimate elephant in the room

@thesaul9484

4 жыл бұрын

probably because he was deaf and at that time having such disability meant that a lot of people would not want to spend time with you, the reason why he was so isolated. Imo the reason why he did paint this, after all, is his depiction of people to him and of course, If I people do want to find out why he did really paint this I believe that they should find out what was happening in his environment where he lived if it's possible today of course. Any written evidence etc.

Thank you for not putting a jump scare at the end

@KingofSkulls

4 жыл бұрын

Somehow that's even scarier

@ReadToasts

4 жыл бұрын

Not jump scare, but yes ASMR scare

Saw 'Saturn Devouring His Son' painting 1st in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

bro the chewing sounds are so unsettling at the start of the video, my spine felt like it was hanging off the back of my cold, metal chair

4:39 Mmm that's some good editing right there

@eyxnos5192

5 жыл бұрын

Mmm?

@PharaoTeti

4 жыл бұрын

The Sound and the contrast as a dark turningpoint.

@banshee1020

4 жыл бұрын

I thought my speakers were bugging out for a second

@saumitup6524

4 жыл бұрын

@@eyxnos5192 The deafening sound in the background that comes.... As the narrator explains the person became deaf

I love the transition between... "Chewing" To "Hey everybody"

I saw this painting completely by chance in a book about the history of art, when I was a kid. 40 years later it still haunts me!

Why does this painting remind me of Attack on Titan?

@jamieryan536

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same feeling actually, it's probably bc of all the horror imagery in the 3rd ending song

@1234thuser

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Isayama was inspired by this painting?

@bodaciouskhajiit1135

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect to see you here, especially in such an old video.

@DasHoovie

2 жыл бұрын

Saturn/Krono was a titan, so yeah, isayama was inspired by this mitology

@alx_spencer5394

2 жыл бұрын

Am pretty sure isayama was inspired by this painting

Considering he was deaf, these paintings are extremely aural

@juliamavroidi8601

3 жыл бұрын

He lost his hearing late in life, so it's fair to assume he had a good understanding of sound. Maybe the "aural" nature of his later work was him attempting to recapture his lost sense.

@theabominablesnowman8433

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliamavroidi8601 100% agree

@futuropasado

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliamavroidi8601 indeed.

@brooke9297

Жыл бұрын

Many of these paintings evoke in the viewer a "sound" - groans, moans, retching, blood-curdling screams... etc. After losing his hearing, he likely became more acutely aware of the visual representation of emotions that the hearing would associate more with sounds -- and that must be why his paintings in this period are so disturbing and evocative. We can hear the noises they appear to make.

@duncan3932

Жыл бұрын

Did nobody get the joke in the replies?

You got me good with the chewing sounds at the start I was eating a Arbys while starting this video and for a second I was really confused thinking that I must have been eating a really chewy piece of chicken only to realize it was Saturn...

@jakeobrien1614

5 жыл бұрын

Noice!

@MrAtown3057

5 жыл бұрын

8:04

@flamingflesh5976

5 жыл бұрын

Lol i was eating toast when i played this and was surprised at the beginning as well

@Max_Le_Groom

5 жыл бұрын

You're lucky you weren't eating Uranus

@Sevendandra

5 жыл бұрын

@@Max_Le_Groom hahaha

The sound and visual editing of this video is phenomenal. It really illustrates and captures the essence of the painting. Fantastic job!

Holy shit, not only was that a wonderful breakdown of the life of an artist and a man, but that last line was delivered perfectly. It was legitimately haunting.

Wait a minute... If Goya never showed this to anyone, how do we know it is Saturn eating his child and not just a representation of something else?

@williamruiz5965

4 жыл бұрын

We don't.

@funky-nut

4 жыл бұрын

maybe he titled it next to where he drew it?

@celetialtrejure3237

4 жыл бұрын

holy hecc he never named it though

@swiftlymurmurs1825

4 жыл бұрын

We actually don't. All of the black paintings were named by others after his death

@pogchamp9786

4 жыл бұрын

... bruh I want to sleep, thinking about this too deeply is a bit too much for me

This probably won't get as many views as some of the other videos, but PLEASE do more painting/artist essays. This is my favorite video of yours to date. The editing and audio were awesome and I learned a lot.

@SeanKobiSandoval

6 жыл бұрын

Yesss please!!!! I support this. Nerdwriter1 please listen!!

my mom has a vast collection of art reproduction books and i remember being terrified by this painting throughout my whole childhood. glad to finally know that i am not alone!

To me this painting is an awakening. This is Goya's structure of reality in its most honest and revealing form. Goya has reached a stage in his life where he begins to see the end. He illustrates a desperate Saturn trying to regain his youth by literally devouring his children. As an adult Goya's life has reached an end, but a child (generally speaking) is blind to the structure of reality. A child represents vision and hope and possibility. We all grow up one day and become aware of our own mortality. We see the structure of our reality and go through a period of hell on earth. In that moment we make a choice. (1) Give up. (2). Learn to see as a child again and keep moving forward.

Fun fact: Guillermo del Toro was inspired by this painting when he came up with the scene where the Pale Man eats one of the fairies in Pan's Labyrinth. ("Fun" might be a bit of a misnomer, though.)

@spiritualopportunism4585

6 жыл бұрын

K

@caitkrish

6 жыл бұрын

wow thats really interesting. pan's labryinth was also focused around the events on Spain if i recall correctly. the correlation makes it a bit freakier, lol

@TheChallengers6669

6 жыл бұрын

Great scene, perhaps Goya made his piece to describe the autocracy as well

@mothbazooka

6 жыл бұрын

Just watched that movie, you made my day

@Ascordigan

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, events of the Spanish Civil War no less.

This guy painted this shit on his dining room wall. The place where he ate... #legendary

@montylemon9445

6 жыл бұрын

guests dont want to eat dont have to spend on ingredients

@bobbob5541

6 жыл бұрын

To be frank almost half of the black paintings were in Goya's dining room.

@TheLadyDelirium

6 жыл бұрын

I might try putting a print of it up in my dining room. Might help with my diet.

@DaMelloKittyy

6 жыл бұрын

#MetalAsFuck

@ddddddddddd516

6 жыл бұрын

He bought paintings to later paint on them his black paintings

Imagine seeing this in a movie...it would be the most terrifying re-imagining in all of cinema... You wouldn't be able to sleep at night...

@LasCosasDeBrunin

6 ай бұрын

I think it would be impossible to translate this painting to a movie unless you want to show the painting as it is.

I've always liked this painting... But I've never seen it analyzed like this, chillingly incredible, I absolutely love it.

Nerdwriter1: The most disturbing painting ever Internet: lol this is me getting caught drinking the mayo bottle at 3 AM by my parents

@thesuperdoge2476

4 жыл бұрын

AARON MEDDERS "comedians"

@elizabethalexandra8218

4 жыл бұрын

Was it Hellman’s and son......lol

@snidelywhiplash8399

4 жыл бұрын

Celina just the IDEA of someone drinking mayonnaise is disturbing!

@forcedtohaveahandle

4 жыл бұрын

Snidely Whiplash not if they supplement it with a chicken sandwich lol (drink, eat, drink, eat. repeat)

@souptheirl1482

4 жыл бұрын

Lol me tho

imagine having this painting just casually hanging in your multi million dollar home

@Kruppt808

4 жыл бұрын

I would put it opposite of me sitting on.the toilet....... it'd be quick business every time lol!

@ChildGrapist

4 жыл бұрын

Kruppt808 😂

@gggh0strider

4 жыл бұрын

A real conversation piece in the dining room

@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314

4 жыл бұрын

not even hanging just on your wall

@madisonline5924

3 жыл бұрын

Put it on your dining room wall looking directly at the table

It's definitely weird to think of your vent art becoming your most famous work but at the same time it's exactly the kind of ironic thing that would happen.

Let's just take a moment to appreciate that the man painted this thing in his dining room, and thus probably had to look at it every day when preparing and eating food. Nice.

I would like to thank this comment section for keeping this creepy video relatively fun as I watch this in the middle of the night

@Envirse1

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@liannapfister8255

3 жыл бұрын

Real talk

@reginehamada925

Жыл бұрын

🤣fr

The painting was never titled. People just started calling it Saturn Devouring his Son but it seems there was no intention to depict that. In fact, Goya had painted the inside of his house originally with other, more joyful paintings. It wasn't until the end of his life that he painted over his paintings, corrupting them. With xrays or whatnot they can sometimes see what was the original painting, but with this particular one, no one knows what scene was corrupted.

@mlatikarina7757

6 жыл бұрын

I'm interested, who had named the painting then?

@yippedoodah

6 жыл бұрын

Probably art historians like how that one painting came to be known as "Whistler's Mother" instead of "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1"

@mlatikarina7757

6 жыл бұрын

You're right, I've done some searching; most of them were named by historians and labeled by his friend Antonio Brugada.

@JFT0820

6 жыл бұрын

Nerdwriter isn't one to miss out details like this. Is this definitely true?

@davidmb1595

6 жыл бұрын

I've been reading about this painting, and it seems that VMKjelly is right. Also, if Goya painted thif for himself, not for the public, it only makes sense that he never named them

Masterful editing and storytelling. This one gave me chills! Absolutely incredible.

This is still one of my favorite videos by Nerdwriter. I can’t recall how often I’ve watched this episode.

Wonderful video, but you neglect to mention the look of mournful humiliation on saturn's own face. He's eating not because he wants to but because he must. Destroying his child is the only way he can survive. It's a self-portrait. Goya was painting his own pain at his dark thoughts.

@myahunter9922

6 жыл бұрын

Do I Know You Was about to write this, but you wrote it much better :)

@spiritualopportunism4585

6 жыл бұрын

Mya Hunter liar

@Tiemen3

6 жыл бұрын

wow, that makes it even darker, the monster is not a monster of his own volition, he does it out of fear and self-preservation but is simultaneously horrified with his own actions, being forced to eat his own child (in his perception at least). it's torture porn and body horror, with a disturbing psychological edge to it. Try to imagine eating your own child alive, one bite at a time, and as the gods are immortal, at no point will the child die, it wil remain conscious during the whole process... every bite of raw flesh, bone and skin, crunching between your teeth, i've never tried to experience the painting from Saturn's point of view but damn....

@torvicbaer1446

6 жыл бұрын

I disagree. The myth serves to warn us of what tensions can develop between the old and the young. Saturn doesn't eat his children to survive, he does it out of fear. Fear of being overthrown, fear of his own mortality, fear his children will eclipse him and leave him looking weak and foolish. Indeed in this painting Saturn is given a reason to fear. Saturn's sickly yellow skin and wild mane depicts him as a beast. His fears and lack of hope have robbed him of his humanity. In contrast the son is depicted as a healthy adult, representing human potential and vitality. As broken and scared as Saturn is, time has allowed him to grow into a colossal giant, much like how in our world resources and systems are under the control of older generations. Goya recognizes the underlying fear in the choices we make as we attempt to grow as people, how we trade humanity for power until we ultimately become more beast than man. Saturn doesn't have a look of mournful humiliation, he is a wild beast who has long past stopped questioning himself. Much like the limp body of the son, Saturn isn't presented as being with purpose. He isn't devouring his son out of spite or as a calculated act of rage or revenge, he's eating by rote, like a lion would eat a mouse. This is why the painting works. It shows an honest, naked depiction of the forces at play, pointing to the chaos human nature can conjure and how uncaring and bleak the world can be. He presents a dying monster whose disease is the very thing disallowing anything be reborn to take his place. Goya stands powerless before these natural forces, afflicted by the ever-pervasive feedback loop of fear that has so suffocated human potential in the world around him. This painting is why we need regulations and laws.

@richardroberson2564

6 жыл бұрын

Victor Renaud-Betz wow

Always was scared of that painting. It always gives me this unnerving want to look and keep my eyes fixed on Cronos's eyes. It's an entrapping type of fear that Goya captured in that painting.

@GabrielPlcs

5 жыл бұрын

"Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" of Iliá Repin is the most disturbing paiting EVER, this shit make me laugh

@laughingcheektocheek

5 жыл бұрын

@@GabrielPlcs sure, it's creepy from the expressions on their faces, but this video looks beyond just "this is a creepy painting" to the historical context of the painting, its artistic mechanisms (such as color, placement, and the weird context it gives to the scene) and above all, its super eerie discovery. The Ivan painting holds no merit like that, it's an assumption made about the mysterious death of Ivan Ivanovich, so it's not as creepy as this painting beyond the look on Ivan the Terrible's face.

@GabrielPlcs

5 жыл бұрын

@@laughingcheektocheek If you read the history of Russia, the story of Ivan the terrible, the story behind the scene in that painting, everything that was, everything that happened afterwards, and how the severe socio-cultural sequels marked the history of Russia forever (and Eastern Europe), and in addition, you analyze the psychological aspect of the scene, those involved, and finally, all its context, you will realize that this work, is the greatest work of terror ever done by any human being, by the gigantic context behind it. It was a whole dynasty of more than 600 years that stopped governing Russia because of that terrible murder committed by Ivan, while this painting by Goya, is only the reflection of a myth, something that never happened, the story of Ivan is 1000 more relevant times

@NewNub

5 жыл бұрын

imagine thinking that the painting is irrelevant because it's a depiction of a myth lmao symbolism is a thing, you know. and competent artists never stop using it.

@GabrielPlcs

5 жыл бұрын

@@NewNub I am not saying that it is not relevant, but that, in comparison to all the giant and complex historical context that lies behind the painting of "Ivan and his son" is something unprecedented worldwide, we are talking about the end of a dynasty of the Russian nobility that was ruling for more than 600 years, and which ended due to the terrible murder committed by Ivan, whose political system left consequences that until today affect Russia and its neighboring countries. Sometimes reality surpasses fiction.

Really enjoyed your video! I am an artist myself and have always been fascinated by Goya's "Black Paintings." I see a lot of painters with really boring hyper realistic paintings that they trace from photographs and then fill in with paint with no meaning or "feeling" to them. It is so refreshing to see a true artist like Goya.

I have a giant canvas print of this painting in my bedroom wall. Masterpiece.

My Sister: *eating chicken* Me: stop eating...... Sister: why? Me: I'm scared......

@FALslayer

4 жыл бұрын

Dead

@ReadToasts

4 жыл бұрын

"I'm not eating anything"

@ramry1011

4 жыл бұрын

"Mom wtf are you eating." *"B AN AN AB A"*

@Trustworthy_McLegitimate

3 жыл бұрын

FREESHAVACADOO

@boneheadindustries6398

3 жыл бұрын

Sister: So? Then stop watching until I'm done eating...I'm hungry.

Beautiful work. I am grateful that you exist.

@skemsen

6 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever! I wish I was friends with Nerdwriter guy! What an inspiring human being.

@spiritualopportunism4585

6 жыл бұрын

The Signal Path shutup

@spiritualopportunism4585

6 жыл бұрын

skemsen shutup

@skemsen

6 жыл бұрын

What do you mean??

@figotlatenby588

6 жыл бұрын

Just here for attention, can we all vote to get nerdwriter to do a snippet piece on the great poet Shakespeare! Not that im very technical or understand poetry :(

I simply can't believe I can watch nerwriter's content for free. I've learned so much throughout the years, abot evey subject that i have interest. It's the pinacle of video essays.

Breathtaking. I never knew the depth and the meaning of the painting until now great content man

The chewing noise makes this significantly worse. Thank you so much. My ethics teacher has a poster of this painting right next to my desk in class

@MagnitudeReviews

6 жыл бұрын

swampwizard out of any other painting to hang up... why in the world does it have to be that one...

@lucapeyrefitte6899

6 жыл бұрын

swampwizard lol wtf holy shit

@mcgregorli2166

6 жыл бұрын

swampwizard same with me except it's my math teacher

@heatherpowell1838

6 жыл бұрын

I was eating lunch while watching this and the chewing noises made me lose my appetite lol

@forgottencreation

6 жыл бұрын

"ethics"

I've always found it hard to look at this painting, I almost didn't click the video for fear of staring at it too long, but of course I had to watch this because it really is a masterpiece. There's this quote "art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable". Great analyisis!

The fact that the painting was found in the dining room is haunting and creepy. I can't imagine having a painting like that anywhere in my house, no less on my wall

*Fun Fact:* This haunting painting inspired an infamous scene from the 1976 miniseries "I, Claudius," in which Emperor Caligula devours his sister Drusilla's unborn child after slicing open her womb with a knife. This scene was so controversial, the BBC had to censor it, resulting with the entire graphic content of the scene being considered lost media today

@pascuadog

2 жыл бұрын

I clear remember it. Nothing was directly shown but it was very very disturbing (at that time, at mi teenager age)

Honestly, I think the scariest part about the painting is the reason why he drew the victim as an adult, not a kid. I really like to think that the motive behind it is the myth itself. I see this not as the real greek myth, but rather an alternative version of it, one in which Saturn dethrone his son after being defeated, one in which he finally broke the prophecy, one is which despite Zeus’ effort, his father came back and reclaimed what he thought was his. This not only makes more sense to me, but reflects what Goya could have felt during the time, considering his illness and the war. Pessimism, trying to conform himself with the fact that reality wasn’t what he thought nor what he used to paint, but fear, dark and endless overthrow; reality was Zeus losing and Saturn winning

@jacobitosuperstar

4 жыл бұрын

That is a really great interpretation. Thank you for sharing it.

@againstmachine498

3 жыл бұрын

but why there is fear in it's(saturn's) eyes?

@chejonte

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on. He is eating Zeus.

@lauracolnaghi9069

Жыл бұрын

@@againstmachine498 because of what zeus represents. saturn won, yes, but there was still an attempt to attack him. i’d say maybe adrenaline?

There’s the joke about being able to “hear pictures” and all that, but honestly that feeling is what disturbs me the most about this painting. The noises it implies. The gnashing through flesh and against bone. The squelching of blood, and ripping of skin. The desperate gasping and groaning past the excessive mouthful of his own child’s flesh. All echoing against what appears to be the walls of a dark damp cave... And this video’s fantastic sound editing did not help.

@Infernomorinferyes

4 жыл бұрын

For fucks sake

@pogchamp9786

4 жыл бұрын

ltshep the one time I do not want to be “immersed” in a video or painting.

@sillygoose2878

4 жыл бұрын

Goya can’t hear pictures, he can’t hear anything

@omarzahr2414

3 жыл бұрын

i just imagine chicken wings asmr eating sounds lol

@randyrichmondiii3415

3 жыл бұрын

666 likes. Huh

entirely off topic but your voice is genuinely so soothing, I was really anxious and going through my play list of video essays to distract myself and this was on it and I just calmed down immediately listening to you

PERFECTION. I haven't found a better History & analysis of this artwork...than you gathered in your production here. AMAZING

that's what i look like when my mom finds me on the floor of the kitchen shoveling shredded cheese into my mouth at 4:37 am

@souptheirl1482

4 жыл бұрын

Ha me tho

@Doctor_Straing_Strange

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck, she found me, gotta go FaSt!

@haresmahmood

3 жыл бұрын

Shredded cheese on its own is hella underrated

Was it just me or did this video almost sound like a creepypasta?

@user-mo9ne7fg2e

4 жыл бұрын

Like Matthew santoro????

@ninja_tony

4 жыл бұрын

Siddhartha Ghosh no because this is a real painting.

me: scared shitless as the video concludes him: this video is brought to you by square space :)

My father interpreted this painting of how parents devour the life of their children until they slowly homogenize with themselves-never maturing and always under their thumb. I on the other hand interpret it differently but I don't know how to put it into words.

Why I watch this in the middle of the night.

@joshflynn2173

6 жыл бұрын

Yoppy Halilintar unlucky

@evgeniydeus8137

6 жыл бұрын

Same. F''k reason.

@DaveKatague

6 жыл бұрын

Yoppy Halilintar Same reason I did lol

@just-a-random-person-on-utube

6 жыл бұрын

Same, 10:30 pm here, lol

@Crzyrednckmexican

6 жыл бұрын

10:45am here

Now THIS is scary. THIS is the feeling a horror movie should give you.

@comsatteur6893

5 жыл бұрын

you should watch Hereditary

@waterdoggo4998

5 жыл бұрын

@@comsatteur6893 yeah that movie was bone chilling the subtle scares and fear tingling foreshadowing makes it one of the scariest movies to think of.

@goji5887

5 жыл бұрын

@@waterdoggo4998 the third act was really weird tho

Stopped the video to say that your channel is so important. So high leveled. Thank you

This video is amazing, edited very well, and I love learning about history

What big eyes he has

@d.esanchez3351

3 жыл бұрын

They are too see you better my dear

@fiddygd8304

3 жыл бұрын

Probably to show how much he's lost it. The paranoia, the fear and the act itself has driven him wild.

@williampan29

3 жыл бұрын

"OwO what's this? My son is going to kill me?"

@fulltimedisappointment7754

3 жыл бұрын

What big mouth he has

@absolutelyrandom2890

3 жыл бұрын

What thick cheeks you have

I like how at the end you added ‘Chewing’ wooo a shiver down my spine

@RicKariProductions

6 жыл бұрын

This video also opens with chewing.

@goldguardie

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah the chewing really spooked me haha

@Abdullahjimmy

6 жыл бұрын

when

@lone17wolf

6 жыл бұрын

It reminded me of that voice change when the mother says “sink” in Get Out

@lutze5086

6 жыл бұрын

Micoola lol he ruined it by eating an apple in the beginning

Your videos are so goood man I wish they came more often but it's understandable making these must take an insane amount of time and effort

Francis Bacon's _Screaming Pope_ is right up there.

Disturbing. Educational. And a goofy pitch shifted voice at the beginning. This video has it all! I do love your painting videos. xx

@dominokos

6 жыл бұрын

Wen Bilson And the end too

@CybershamanX

6 жыл бұрын

The pause and then just the word "Chewing..." was chilling. I had to go back to the beginning and realized that those sounds were chewing noises. Brrrrr... :P

Your sound design scared the shit out of me more than Goya's paintings.

Honestly, I love it! I love it so much! you know what I’m so inspired by this i dont feel frightened. This is my favorite painting now. It’s just stunning.

Cuando tenía 5 o 6 años, mis padres me llevaron al Prado (era la primera vez que me llevaban a un museo de bellas artes) y recuerdo perfectamente el instante en el que vi este cuadro. Mi madre se fijó en que este cuadro me llamaba la atención más de lo normal y me explicó el concepto del tiempo devorando a sus hijos. Ese concepto tan bien reflejado me dejó marcado hasta el punto en el que creo que hoy en día sigo obsesionado con el paso del tiempo por culpa de esta obra.

Nerdwriter has gone​ to the dark side. This is probably the best video in the past several months (for me, that is).

Oops

@lumossk3657

6 жыл бұрын

You need more likes

@laughinglaughing1416

6 жыл бұрын

yeah

@satan7288

6 жыл бұрын

Kronos upload again bitch

@milk-el8vq

5 жыл бұрын

Kronos damn u really just stoped uploading

@SplendidCoffee0

5 жыл бұрын

Directed by Larry David

I think Attack On Titan took a lesson or two from this painting !! The titans as they are devouring people are not enraged or angry looking, they'd be smiling or grinning as they tear someone from limp to limp

i was all like, “huh that’s creepy” and then he said it was in the dining room and i DIED laughing