1. Neo-Classicism Art of the Napoleonic Era The Art of Power

2. Oath of Horatii Jacques Louis David 1784

3. Death of Socrates J-L David 1787

4. Goya Art of Social protest

5. The Spirit of the Age (1790-1850)

6. 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.

7. The Romantic Movement Began in 1790s Peaked in 1820s Mostly Northern Europe-- Britain & Germany Lord Byron - “The Romantic hero”

8. Wandering Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!

9. 1. Power & Fury of Nature

10. The Deluge Francis Danby, 1840

11. Tree of Crows Caspar David Friedrich, 1822

12. The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice) Caspar David Friedrich, 1821

13. 2. Science can be dangerous. The new technology is dehumanizing

15. 3. Romanticizing Country Life

16. The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821

17. Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows John Constable, 1831

18. Eldena Ruin Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825

20. 4. The Exotic, the Occult & the Macabre Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781

21. Abbey in an Oak Forest Caspar David Friedrich, 1809-1810

22. The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun William Blake, 1808-1810

23. 5. Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827 5. Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827

24. Liberty Leading the People Eug è ne Delacroix, 1830

25. 6. Interest in Exotic Lands

26. Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Eug è ne Delacroix, 1834

27. 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”