In Summer (Goya), how is the Modern Analysis of the Description elucidated?
In spite of avoiding the traditionally used emblem for summer, the goddess Ceres crowned with wheat ears, Goya was still able to make use of popular symbols for his representation of the season in the largest cartoon tapestry from the Fifth Series. In his pursuit to uniquely depict the season, Goya created a scene of harvesters taking a break from the summer heat by sitting beside or on top of a pile of recently harvested wheat sheafs. Featured to the right of the painting is those whom Goya presents as the ones that continued their laborious work, while on the left side of the painting a group of peasants are portrayed trying to inebriate another character; by the clothing and posture of this character, it can be assumed that Goya was attempting to depict “the village idiot.” Additionally, the artist suggests a feeling of siesta time- commonly known as the short nap taken around midday in Spanish culture- with the portrayal of the men laying down and relaxing on the pile of wheat sheafs.
goddess Ceres siesta cartoon