The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a famous etching and aquatint by Francisco Goya that allegorically depicts the dark, irrational forces unleashed when reason is abandoned.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters canonical | 3 |
| El sueño de la razón produce monstruos | 2 |
| No. 43 – El sueño de la razón produce monstruos | 1 |
| The Sleep of Reason | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Context triple: [Francisco Goya, notableWork, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]
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A.
The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.
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B.
The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory is a famous 1931 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí, renowned for its dreamlike landscape featuring melting clocks that symbolize the fluidity of time.
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C.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.
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D.
The Weeping Woman
The Weeping Woman is a famous 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso that powerfully depicts a grief-stricken female figure in his Cubist style, often interpreted as a symbol of the suffering caused by war.
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E.
Il trionfo della morte
Il trionfo della morte is a 1894 decadent novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores themes of erotic obsession, nihilism, and the allure of death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Target entity description: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a famous etching and aquatint by Francisco Goya that allegorically depicts the dark, irrational forces unleashed when reason is abandoned.
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A.
The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.
-
B.
The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory is a famous 1931 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí, renowned for its dreamlike landscape featuring melting clocks that symbolize the fluidity of time.
-
C.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is a groundbreaking 1907 painting by Pablo Picasso that helped launch Cubism and radically transformed the course of modern art.
-
D.
The Weeping Woman
The Weeping Woman is a famous 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso that powerfully depicts a grief-stricken female figure in his Cubist style, often interpreted as a symbol of the suffering caused by war.
-
E.
Il trionfo della morte
Il trionfo della morte is a 1894 decadent novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio that explores themes of erotic obsession, nihilism, and the allure of death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aquatint
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artwork ⓘ etching ⓘ print ⓘ |
| allegoryOf |
irrationality
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superstition ⓘ the dangers of abandoning reason ⓘ |
| artist | Francisco Goya ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Age of Enlightenment
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Spanish Inquisition criticism ⓘ |
| color | monochrome ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creationPeriod | circa 1797–1799 ⓘ |
| creator | Francisco Goya ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | emblem of the conflict between reason and unreason ⓘ |
| depicts |
bats
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lynx ⓘ monstrous creatures ⓘ owls ⓘ sleeping man at a desk ⓘ |
| genre | satirical print ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
bound in albums of Los Caprichos
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individual loose print impressions ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
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linked to:
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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| iconography | artist figure overwhelmed by monstrous visions ⓘ |
| inCollection | various museum and library print collections worldwide ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic and Symbolist imagery of nightmares ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | caption below image ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Spanish ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| notableIn |
Spanish art history
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history of printmaking ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
El sueño de la razón produce monstruos
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linked to:
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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| partOfSeries | Los Caprichos ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1799 ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | Capricho No. 43 ⓘ |
| technique |
aquatint
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burin ⓘ drypoint ⓘ etching ⓘ |
| theme |
Enlightenment and its limits
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critique of superstition ⓘ dreams and nightmares ⓘ human folly ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters ⓘ |
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Subject: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters Description of subject: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is a famous etching and aquatint by Francisco Goya that allegorically depicts the dark, irrational forces unleashed when reason is abandoned.
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