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ARTS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Romanticism was a cultural movement that started in Europe. It was somewhat of a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which occurred during the same time period. The movement affected philosophical thinking, literature, music, and art.

The Romantic Movement started at the end of the 1700’s and reached its peak in the early 1800’s. It marked the end of the Baroque movement and was followed by Realism.

Characteristics of Romantic Art  Romantic art focused on emotions,

feelings, and moods of all kinds including spirituality, imagination, mystery, and fervour.  The subject matter varied widely including landscapes, religion, revolution, and peaceful beauty. The brushwork for romantic art became looser and less precise.

The Romantic Artists

Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix  was a French Romantic artist

regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.  Born: 26 Apr 1798 Charenton-SaintMaurice, Île-de-,  Died: 13 Aug 1863 (aged 65) Paris,

 Focus: Paintings, Drawings  Mediums: Oil, Pastel, Wood, Other  Subjects: Figure, Scenery  Hometown: Charenton,

Characteristics:  Considered the leader of the French

Romantic school of painting.  A prolific artist.  Produced over 9,000 works during his lifetime, ranging from paintings, to watercolors, pastels  and drawings.

 His work both shaped the Impressionist

artists and inspired the Symbolist movement.  First, his work was criticized, but later accepted and purchased by the state or personal patron.  His works revolved around many themes, many of which were inspired by the works of  Shakespeare, Goethe, and Byron, and entailed the motifs of violence and sensuality

Famous Artworks  Liberty leading the people  Massacre At Chios  Greece Expiring on the Ruins of

Missolonghi  The Death of Sardanapalus

Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault  Born in 1791 in Rouen,  Painter and lithographer  One of the pioneers of French

Romanticism  Person of ionate and flamboyant character  Died in 1824 at the age of only 33 in Paris due to spinal injuries, falling from a horse

 Focus: Paintings, Drawings  Mediums: Oil, Wood, Other  Subjects: Figure, Scenery

 Hometown: Paris,

Most distinctive virtues of his works were :  Macabre realism (suggesting the horror of death and decay; constituting or including a representation of death  Drama  Sense of movement

Major themes of Gericault’s works and his most famous works:  Horse racing ; Horsemanship

Example : The Charging Chasseur  Macabre Realism Example : Raft of Medusa  Insanity Example : The Madwoman ; The Kleptomaniac

Famous Works  The Raft of Medusa

 The Wounded Cuirassier  The Charging Chasseur  Insane Woman

 Portrait of a Kleptomaniac  Riderless Horse Races

Caspar David Friedrich  Born: 05 September 1774; Greifswald,     

Died: 07 May 1840; Dresden, Focus: Paintings Mediums: Oil, Watercolor Subjects: Landscapes Hometown: Greifswald,

Theme of Paintings:  Friedrich’s artwork followed the early

Romantic themes of the sublime and the importance of nature  Death and Loneliness  Nationalism

Famous Works      

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog The Sea of Ice The Monk by the Sea Moonrise over the Sea The Tree of Crows The Abbey in the Oakwood