Romantic Orientalism

Romantic Orientalism

Romantic Orientalism

RomanticOrientalism

Romanticism and Orientalism Romantic hero, liberty Rise and fall of white male masculinity Decline of emperor Napoleon— decline of heroism Rise of the Orient –Depicted as lazy, idle –Repress fantasies onto the Orient—forbidden passions are indulged –Violent, barbaric, male domination over female

Goya, Yard with Lunatics, Pre-Romanticism! Insanity Irrationality Imprisonment

Goya, Witches Sabbath, Pre-Romanticism! Superstitions Overwhelming Terror

Goya, The Family of Charles VI, 1800

Goya, The Third of May, 1808 Christ-Like French Troops a.k.a ruthless killers

Goya, Saturn Devouring One of His Children,

Gericault, The Raft of the Medusa,

Gericault, Portrait of a Young Man in an Artist’s Studio,

Ingres, Louis Bertin, 1832

Ingres, Odalisque with a Slave,

Ingres, The Turkish Bath,

Gerome, Moorish Bath,

Delacroix, Massacre at Chios, 1824

Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1827

Delacroix, Turk Smoking on a Divan, 1832

Delacroix, Women of Algiers, 1834

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The Use of “The Orient” In Today’s Society How is “The Orient” depicted in this ad? What characteristics of Orientalism are present?

The Use of the White Male Hero How is the white male hero presented in this ad?

Romanticism Landscape Elevate status of landscape genre –Irrational –Imaginative –Emotional –New world view

Constable, Golding Constable’s Flower Garden, 1815

Constable, The Haywain, 1821

Turner, Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons,

Turner, The Slave Ship, 1840

Friedrich, The Polar Sea, 1824