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