1. Romanticism

2. Cross in the Wilderness- Frederick Church
Romanticism
“Feeling is all!” –Goethe
Cross in the Wilderness- Frederick Church

3. Romanticism
Movement focused on medival romances, gothic horror stories, and gothic revival architecture
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during this time, armor and arms were in fashion decorating wise.

4. Paintings had an epic sense of drama
Gericault
Paintings had an epic sense of drama
Energetic handling of paint and rousing scenes of titanic struggle

5. The Raft of Medusa by Gericault (16' 1" x 23' 6“)

6. The Raft of Medusa by Gericault

7. Turner
Began painting bucolic landscapes with a smooth, detailed technique.
Loved the dramatic subjects like fires and storms

8. Crossing the Brook- Turner

9. Turner
Later developed a more abstract style in an attempt to make color inspire feeling

10. Rain, Steam and Speed-the Great Western Railway by Turner

11. Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps by Turner

12. Thomas Cole Founder of the Hudson River School of Romantic Landscapes
His work was a combination of the real and ideal.
Presents Foreground in minute detail and blurs distant vista to suggest the infinite American landscape

13. The Oxbow by Thomas Cole

14. The Oxbow by Thomas Cole

15. Albert Bierstadt
Known for his sweeping view of thrilling natural wonders.
Most of his work has a highly detailed foreground and often a mountain in the background.
His paintings were like an advertisement for westward expansion

16. Storm in the Mountains by Bierstadt

17. Landers Peak- Bierstadt