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1 Romanticism and Art

2 How Romanticism was expressed in art Romantic thoughts included ideals of society, individualism, and the interconnections of humanity, nature, and divinity Romantic thoughts included ideals of society, individualism, and the interconnections of humanity, nature, and divinity Emphasized emotional and spiritual ideals as well as more exotic themes Emphasized emotional and spiritual ideals as well as more exotic themes Artist developed special techniques to produce the right effect on the viewer Artist developed special techniques to produce the right effect on the viewer To convey verbal concepts, they would give inanimate objects human characteristics To convey verbal concepts, they would give inanimate objects human characteristics ex. Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings of wild trees and shimmery moonlight suggest prolonged human yearning "Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History." Romanticism. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000. Web. 20 Mar. 2010.. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd.htm

3 How Romanticism was expressed in art Nature was common in Romanticism art Nature was common in Romanticism art -Nature artwork showed nature’s uncontrollable power(i.e. paintings of ship wrecks) -In England, artist used landscape gardening to express nature’s natural scenic beauty "Romanticism Art Reproductions, Romanticism Paintings." Great Masters Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2010..http://www.topofart.com/movements/

4 How Romanticism was expressed in art  Individuality common in Romantic art  portraits displayed range of psychological and emotional states in hands of Romantic painters ex. Gericault- extremes of mental illness in portraits of psycho patients and also revealed the darker side of childhood in hoes unconventional portrayals

5 How did art in this period differ from art immediately preceding it? Neoclassicism: keyword: REASON Romanticism: keyword: PASSION Nature is defined as human nature Nature is defined as natural environment (woods, mountains, etc) Society more important than individual Individual more important than society ImitationOriginality TraditionExperimentation Rules and order Freedom Mechanical form (imposed from outside) Organic form (growing from inside) LogicIntuition Reason Imagination, Emotion Attempted objectivity Accepted subjectivity Town or cultivated landscape Country, preferably untouched nature ConstraintSpontaneity Conformity Independence, Rebellion Cultivated, formal, social the primitive becomes focus http://classes.berklee.edu/llanday/spring02/tech/r&c.htm "NeoClassism and Romantism." My Studios Romanticism. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2010.. http://classes.berklee.edu/llanday/spring02/tech/r&c.htm

6 Major Painters and “schools ” Beginning with the late -18th to the mid -19th century, new Romantic attitude begun to characterize culture and many art works in Western civilization. It started as an artistic and intellectual movement that emphasized a revulsion against established values (social order and religion). Beginning with the late -18th to the mid -19th century, new Romantic attitude begun to characterize culture and many art works in Western civilization. It started as an artistic and intellectual movement that emphasized a revulsion against established values (social order and religion). "Romanticism (1790-1850)." www.huntfor.com. HuntFor Images, 1999-2007. Web. 17 Apr. 2010..

7 Romanticism exalted individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, emotions and nature - emotion over reason and senses over intellect.

8 Romantic artists were fascinated by the nature, the genius, their passions and inner struggles, their moods, mental potentials, the heroes. They investigated human nature and personality, the folk culture, the national and ethnic origins, the medieval era, the exotic, the remote, the mysterious, the occult, the diseased, and even satanic. Romantic artists were fascinated by the nature, the genius, their passions and inner struggles, their moods, mental potentials, the heroes. They investigated human nature and personality, the folk culture, the national and ethnic origins, the medieval era, the exotic, the remote, the mysterious, the occult, the diseased, and even satanic. "Romanticism." Heilburn Timeline of Art History. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-2010. Web. 17 Apr. 2010.

9 Scenes of shipwrecks culminated in 1819 with Théodore Gericault's strikingly original Raft of the Medusa (Louvre), based on a contemporary event. In its horrifying explicitness, emotional intensity, and conspicuous lack of a hero, The Raft of the Medusa became an icon of the emerging Romantic style. Scenes of shipwrecks culminated in 1819 with Théodore Gericault's strikingly original Raft of the Medusa (Louvre), based on a contemporary event. In its horrifying explicitness, emotional intensity, and conspicuous lack of a hero, The Raft of the Medusa became an icon of the emerging Romantic style. “Raft of the Medusa, The” "Romanticism- Art History Archive." www.lilithgallery.com. WebRing, n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2010.

10 Famous Romantic Artists Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) John Constable (1776-1837) John Constable (1776-1837) Eduard Gaertner (1801-1877) Eduard Gaertner (1801-1877) John Everett Millais (1829-1896) John Everett Millais (1829-1896) Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)

11 Different schools of Romantic Art The Hudson River School: Albert Bierstadt Thomas Cole George Caleb Bingham Asher B. Durand Thomas Moran Frederic Edwin Church George Inness John Frederick Kensett Martin Jonson Heade American Romanticism: John Singleton Copley Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze Edward Hicks Gilbert Stuart John James Audubon George Catlin Canadian Romanticism: Paul Kane Cornelius Krieghoff George Heriot James Cockburn Robert Field Joseph Bouchette William Berczy James Duncan George Theodore Berthon British Romanticism: William Blake Henry Fuseli Joseph Mallord William Turner William Hogarth Thomas Gainsborough Sir Joshua Reynolds Joseph Wright of Derby George Stubbs John Constable "Romantic Art Style." Romanticism in Art. Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art, n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2010..


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