Romantic & Neoclassical

"The Third of May" by Francisco Goya is an artistic account of a bloody massacre of the Spanish by the French. Goya gives the viewer (through his romantic style) a sense of the pain and agony felt by the Spanish being executed. In the 21st century any image of this sort would never or rarely be seen by the public. Now a days, we don't want to see these images. We know in the back of our minds that it is happening all around the world, but to see an actual account in a photograph would be to unpleasant and would ruin our whole day. Also any photograph or painting of this subject matter sparks conversation, if this was a image of our country men being slaughtered by a foreign countries military it would be a wonderful way to unite us to rebel against the foreign invader. But on the other ,if this was an image of us massacring innocent people in another country or for that matter in our own country it would not reflect well on our current administration or political goals. Hence now in the 21st century many photographers are censored and manipulated in the media.