#bullring

[justmuscle4u]

Fabien Sassier 🇪🇺🇫🇷

[torerosmuertos]

Tijuana Bullring

[galleryofart]

Bullfight, Suerte de Varas

Artist: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)

Date: 1824

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States

Description

Before a mesmerized crowd, man and beast dramatically confront one another. The fiercely determined picador leans forward and gathers all his strength, readying himself to stab the impassive bull with his sharp lance. Dying or wounded animals lie on the ground, and the bloody undersides of the picador's horse convey the abusive and violent aspects of the sport of bullfighting. The bull coolly eyes his opponent as a group of fearful men try to distract the savage animal.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes painted this work late in his career when he had begun experimenting with different techniques. Showing remarkable freedom, Goya used a heavily loaded brush, a palette knife, a rag, and even his fingers to apply paint to the canvas. Thick black strokes of paint suggest tension and movement, while dark shadows and a faceless crowd in the background lend an ominous air to this emotional confrontation.

[scrambledworm]

old indoor/outdoor bullring rag market.

[eopederson]

Plaza de Toros, Sahagún, León, 2011.

[aneverydaything]

Day 2336, 14 November 2024

Selfridges in the Bull Ring (or is it Bullring?) in Birmingham.

I sort of miss the edginess of the original 1960s Bull Ring/Bullring where you essentially needed a tetanus injection to go inside.

[utkhowaga]

Golden hour at the Bullring ✨ Birmingham’s modern masterpiece standing tall!

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.

- Marlene Dietrich