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naked monsters The Naked Monster (Eugenia Martinez Vallejo Without Clothes)The Naked Monster: When art dares to look at what history would like to hide. There are portraits that celebrate power, others that idealize beauty, and a few very few that force us to confront what is usually avoided. The Naked Monster is one of those works. Painted by Juan Carreo de Miranda around 1680, this striking representation of Eugenia Martnez Vallejo without clothing, also known as The Naked Monster, is one of the most moving and brutal

The Naked Monster: When art dares to look at what history would like to hide.

There are portraits that celebrate power, others that idealize beauty, and a few —very few— that force us to confront what is usually avoided. “The Naked Monster” is one of those works. Painted by Juan Carreño de Miranda around 1680, this striking representation of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo without clothing, also known as The Naked Monster, is one of the most moving and brutal examples of courtly realism in the history of Spanish art.

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo was born in Burgos in 1674 and was taken to the court of Charles II when she was just a child. At six years old, she weighed over 70 kilos. Her extraordinary corpulence made her an object of study, scientific curiosity, and court spectacle. Instead of hiding her, the court of the last Spanish Habsburg exposed her as a rarity, giving her the nickname “The Monster.” Far from compassion, what was sought was astonishment.

Carreño de Miranda, the king's court painter, captured this scene in two versions: one clothed and one naked. The version without garments is undoubtedly the most overwhelming. The artist presents her as a creature half human, half allegorical, surrounded by grapes —a classic symbol of excess and the Dionysian body— and crowned with a bunch of grapes as if she were an involuntary Bacchus. Her pose recalls classical Renaissance sculptures, but her expression is not triumphant: she seems to look with a slight disdain, perhaps resignation, as someone who understands that she is being captured not for what she is, but for what she represents to others.

This is not a “beautiful” painting in conventional terms. And yet, it is profoundly necessary. Its rawness is in the skin, in the folds, in the swollen feet, in the bittersweet expression. Carreño does not beautify: he documents. The monstrosity, if it exists, does not reside in the depicted body, but in the gaze that judges it. This painting does not condemn Eugenia; it condemns the viewer who sees her as an anomaly.

It takes courage to hang a work like this in one’s home. Not because it is offensive, but because it demands reflection. The Naked Monster is a painting that rebels against the standards, against the tyranny of the perfect body and against the silence of history. Every brushstroke is a gesture of memory, every shadow a warning about the cruelty wrapped in spectacle.

For those looking for a piece that speaks with its own voice, this painting is irreplaceable. It is not an ornament: it is a statement. In an era where the image is filtered to the point of unreality, this work reminds us that truth —in all its density, humanity, and pain— can also be hung on a wall.

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I am honored to write a review on this book, as I am heartfully thankful for how my mind was opened to a better consciousness of emotions. It was amazing to realize that our emotions are not an innate part of us, but have been established from interactions with others, especially early in our life by learning from our parents and siblings. Learning emotions is a part of our thinking process. With this knowledge, my approach to emotions has fundamentally changed. Emotions are how we react and how we perceive truth. Emotions become a part of who we are and how others perceive us. The book enlightened my perception and gave me a whole new way of viewing myself and how my emotions may not have matured. With this understanding, the book gives us advice on how to learn to improve (mature) our emotions. First by knowing and followed by determination to learn. The presentation of methods to make improvements with planning and accountability to oneself gives hope and is reassuring. We can learn to mature our emotions. When we have achieved our goals of self-emotional maturity, the book further has methods to share with others (especially family) to bring us together in a positive open way. This book has been a real eye-opening to me. I recommend the reading of this book to spread this awareness. A positive way forward with means to achieve a better life. The book is very thorough and provides documented ways to do the planning and accountability to accomplish goals. Always thinking positively. My thanks to the Author.
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