Cometas - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:39:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Cometas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The kite https://historylab.es/the-kite/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-kite Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:19 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-cometa/ Depiction of young people flying a kite by Goya

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]]> The image shows a scene of popular leisure and recreation. According to Goya, the main scene depicts a group of young people who “have gone out to the countryside to throw a kite”. In the foreground, a young man is sitting on the ground smoking, blowing smoke into the air. In the background, several couples are chatting and watching the kite fly, while the seated dog looks at the viewer. The building in the background has been interpreted as an astronomical observatory, a project that was continually discussed during the reign of Charles III. The tapestry resulting from this cartoon hung on the wall cloth between the windows of the dining room of the Princes of Asturias (the future Charles IV and his wife Maria Luisa de Parma) in the Palace of El Pardo.

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