Definitions for GOYA
ˈgɔɪ əgoy·a

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1. Goya, Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Goya, Francisco de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya, Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientesnoun

   Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)

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1. goya

   Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.Goya was born to a middle-class family in 1746, in Fuendetodos in Aragon. He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y Martinez and moved to Madrid to study with Anton Raphael Mengs. He married Josefa Bayeu in 1773. Their life was characterised by a series of pregnancies and miscarriages, and only one child, a son, survived into adulthood. Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty, and Rococo-style tapestry cartoons designed for the royal palace. He was guarded, and although letters and writings survive, little is known about his thoughts. He had a severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 which left him deaf, after which his work became progressively darker and pessimistic. His later easel and mural paintings, prints and drawings appear to reflect a bleak outlook on personal, social and political levels, and contrast with his social climbing. He was appointed Director of the Royal Academy in 1795, the year Manuel Godoy made an unfavorable treaty with France. In 1799, Goya became Primer Pintor de Cámara (Prime Court Painter), the highest rank for a Spanish court painter. In the late 1790s, commissioned by Godoy, he completed his La maja desnuda, a remarkably daring nude for the time and clearly indebted to Diego Velázquez. In 1800–01 he painted Charles IV of Spain and His Family, also influenced by Velázquez. In 1807, Napoleon led the French army into the Peninsular War against Spain. Goya remained in Madrid during the war, which seems to have affected him deeply. Although he did not speak his thoughts in public, they can be inferred from his Disasters of War series of prints (although published 35 years after his death) and his 1814 paintings The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808. Other works from his mid-period include the Caprichos and Los Disparates etching series, and a wide variety of paintings concerned with insanity, mental asylums, witches, fantastical creatures and religious and political corruption, all of which suggest that he feared for both his country's fate and his own mental and physical health. His late period culminates with the Black Paintings of 1819–1823, applied on oil on the plaster walls of his house the Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man) where, disillusioned by political and social developments in Spain, he lived in near isolation. Goya eventually abandoned Spain in 1824 to retire to the French city of Bordeaux, accompanied by his much younger maid and companion, Leocadia Weiss, who may or may not have been his lover. There he completed his La Tauromaquia series and a number of other, major, canvases. Following a stroke which left him paralyzed on his right side, and with failing eyesight and poor access to painting materials, he died and was buried on 16 April 1828 aged 82. His body was later re-interred in the Real Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida in Madrid. Famously, the skull was missing, a detail the Spanish consul immediately communicated to his superiors in Madrid, who wired back, "Send Goya, with or without head."

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1. goya

   Goya is a term commonly used to refer to Francisco Goya, an influential 18th and 19th-century Spanish painter and printmaker. He is considered one of the most important artists in the history of Western art and is known for his varied artistic styles, ranging from traditional religious and historical paintings to dark and introspective works that depict the social and political turmoil of his time. Goya's art often captures the human condition and explores themes of suffering, social critique, and psychological intensity. Additionally, "Goya" can refer to the brand name of a popular Spanish food company that produces various products, including canned beans.

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1. goya

   American food brand well-known for beans

   
   

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   What does GOYA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GOYA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. GOYA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Goya is ranked #32792 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Goya surname appeared 700 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Goya.
   
   57.1% or 400 total occurrences were Asian.
   28% or 196 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   7.1% or 50 total occurrences were White.
   5.8% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 13 total occurrences were Black.

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOYA in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOYA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of GOYA in a Sentence

1. Curator Xavier Bray:

   Goya was fascinated by her.

2. Stevie Nicks:

   It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GOYA
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html