Caprices, Plate 43: The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters 気まぐれ/43　理性の眠りは怪物を生むきまぐれ/43　りせいのねむりはかいぶつをうむ

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「理性に見捨てられた想像力はあり得ない怪物を生む。理性と結合すれば、想像力は諸芸術の母となりその驚異の源泉となる。」プラド美術館にある本作の素描には、以下の趣旨の注釈が加えられている。「夢を見ている作者。有害な迷信を打ち破り、この作品によって真実を永遠のものとすること。これが作者の唯一の目的である。」

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　The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. 　JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).

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January 9, 2026