1815
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: May the Cord Break is a 1815 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a chaotic crowd of people running in fear. At the center, a lone figure in a long robe stands on a pile of bodies, arms outstretched as if commanding chaos. A building with a slanted roof looms behind them, and the scene feels dark and urgent. The title at the bottom reads *"Que se rompa la cuerda"*—Spanish for *"May the cord break."* It’s a plea for the rope holding back disaster to snap. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this violent, emotional style changed art.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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