Description
In They are hot, figures gather around food, their immediate appetite giving the scene a comic but uncomfortable intensity. Francisco Goya’s They Are Hot makes the act of eating a subject of scrutiny, with the caption drawing attention to a basic obstacle that haste or greed may overlook. The small company appears absorbed in satisfying itself.
Plate 13 of Los Caprichos, published in 1799, uses etching and burnished aquatint to lend weight to faces, garments and the close setting. Goya’s satire finds expressive material in an ordinary bodily need. The scene becomes absurd through the participants’ eagerness and lack of restraint, allowing a meal to suggest broader habits of consumption. Its humor remains tangible: the desire to possess and enjoy something can become so strong that even its heat is treated as an inconvenience.
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