Neo-Classicism Art of the Napoleonic Era The Art of Power
Oath of Horatii Jacques Louis David 1784
Death of Socrates J-L David 1787
Goya Art of Social protest
The Spirit of the Age ( )
Enlightenment Society is good, curbing violent impulses! Civilization corrupts! Romanticism Early 19c A Growing Distrust of Reason e The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. e Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. e “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness the community is more important. e The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. e Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. e “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness the community is more important.
The Romantic Movement Began in 1790s Peaked in 1820s Mostly Northern Europe-- Britain & Germany Lord Byron - “The Romantic hero”
Wandering Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!
1. Power & Fury of Nature
The Deluge Francis Danby, 1840
Tree of Crows Caspar David Friedrich, 1822
The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice) Caspar David Friedrich, 1821
2. Science can be dangerous. The new technology is dehumanizing
3. Romanticizing Country Life
The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows John Constable, 1831
Eldena Ruin Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825
4. The Exotic, the Occult & the Macabre Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781
Abbey in an Oak Forest Caspar David Friedrich,
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun William Blake,
5. Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827
Liberty Leading the People Eug è ne Delacroix, 1830
6. Interest in Exotic Lands
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Eug è ne Delacroix, 1834
What do Romanticism and Ms. Greenberg’s winter break have in common? The Romantic periods ends around 1850….but some people…such as the unfortunate King Ludwig of Bavaria…are “hopeless Romantics”