ROMANTIC PERIOD

Romanticism 1800-1810

Romanticism is a movement in which

the artist of neo classical period sought

to break new ground in expression of

emotion, both subtle and stormy. It

embraced a number of distinctive

themes, such as longing for history,

super- natural elements, social justice

and nature.

Romanticism 1800-1810

Landscape painting became

more popular due to the

people’s romantic adoration of

nature.

Romanticism 1800-1810

Romanticism is a reaction to the classical,

contemplative nature of Neo classical piece.

Characteristics:

Shows the height of action

Emotional extremes

Celebrated nature as out of control

Dramatic compositions

Heightened sensation (life and death moments)

Romantic paintings (PORTRAITS / FIGURES)

The paintings of the

Romantic period focus on

emotions. Artist express

as much as feeling and

passion as it could to

canvas

Géricault is the first French

master and leader of the

French realistic school. His

masterpieces are energetic

powerful and brilliantly

colored, and tightly

composed.

Jean Louis Théodore

Géricault

THE RAFT OF MEDUSAThe raft of medusa portrays the victims of contemporary ship wreck. The

people on this raft were French emigrants en route to West Africa.

CHARGING CHASSEURHis first major work revealed the

influence of the style of Rubens

and an interest in the depiction

of contemporary subject matter.

INSANE WOMANOne of the several portraits

Gericault made of the

mentally disabled that has

a peculiar hypnotic power.

Eugène Dalacroix

He was considered the greatest French

Romantic painter of all. He achieved

brilliant visual effects using small,

adjacent strokes of contrasting color.

He was the most influential to the

Romantic painters and eventually, his

technique was adopted and extended by

the Impressionist artist.

LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE

This painting commemorates the July Revolution of 1830,

which toppled the King Charles X of France. A woman

personifies Liberty and Leads the people forward over the

fallen, holding the fag of French Revolution.

Francisco Goya

(1746-1828) Spain

He is commissioned

Romantic painter by the

King of Spain. He is also

a printmaker regarded

both as the last of the

“Old Masters” and the

first “Moderns”

THE THIRD OF MAYThis is Goya’s masterpiece that sought to commemorate

Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the

occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War.

SATURN DEVOURING

HIS SON

This artwork depicts the Greek

myth of Titan Cronus (Saturn),

who Fears that he would be

overthrow by one of his

children, so he ate each one

upon their birth.

THE BURIAL OF

SARDINE

Royal Academy of Fine Arts

of San Fernando

The burial of the Sardine

was a Spanish ceremony

celebrated on Ash

Wednesday and was a

symbolical burial of the past

to allow society to be

reborn, transformed with

new vigor.

Romantic painting

(landscape painting)

Landscape painting depicts the physical

world that surrounds us includes features

such as mountains, valleys, vegetation,

and bodies of water. The sky is another

important element shaping the mood of

landscape paintings. Landscape arts

ranges from highly detailed and realistic

to impressionistic, romantic, and

idealized.

Famous landscape artist during the

Romantic Period

1. Théodore Rousseau

2. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

They are the members of Barbizon School

(a circle of artist who held meetings in the

village of Barbizon) that led the Romantic

landscape painting in France.

The Church of

Marissel, near

Beauvais

(J.Corot)

Landscape with a Plowman

(J. Rousseau)

Der kleine Fischer

(T. Rouseau)

Le repos sous les saules

(J. Corot

ROMANTIC SCULPTURE

Romantic sculpture can be

divided into works that concern

human world and those that

concern the natural world. The

leading sculptors of each type

were Rude and Barye,

respectively

Francois Rudewas best known for his

social art which inspire

and captures the interest

of board public. He

rejected the classical

repose of late 18th-19th

centuries French sculptor

in favor of a dynamic,

emotional style and

created many monuments

that stirred the public

generations.

Departure of VolunteersKnown as La Marsellaise, this wok portrays

goddess liberty using the forced of the French

Revolution onward.

JEANNE d’ ARC

Antoine-Louis BaryeHe was the most famous

animal sculptor of all time,

studied the anatomy of his

own subjects by sketching

residents of the Paris Zoo.

Famous Artworks:

• Hercules Sitting on a

Bull

• Theseus Slaying a

Minotaur

Hercules Sitting on a BullTheseus Slaying a Minotaur

GOTHIC REVIVAL

ARCHITECTURE(NEOGOTHIC)

Gothic Revival is also referred to as

Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic, Gothic

Revival is an architectural movement

that began in the late 1740s in

England.

GOTHIC REVIVAL

ARCHITECTURE

(NEO GOTHIC)

Many of Neo Gothic Buildings features

castellation which is characterizing

crenellated walls and towers in imitation of

medieval castles. Indeed, heavily by

castellated Neo-Gothic buildings are often

referred to as castles, even though they never

serve a defensive purpose. Among them was

Strawberry Hill (demolished), the most

famous work of the decorative phase of

Gothic Revival.

STRAWBERRY HILL, LONDON (Restored)

Gothic revival became widely used in churches and civic buildings

through out the West, especially in Britain and the United States. Bricks

and stones were commonly used.

Gothic revival architecture

(neo gothic)

Architects who use Neo- Gothic Style:

Charles Barry

Is the name behind Britain's foremost

Gothic Revival monument the Western

Place (aka the Houses of Parliament

Westminster Palace (London)

James RenwickRenwick has his crowning

American work, the St.

Patrick’s Cathedral

(New York)