ART OF THE

ROMANTIC
PERIOD
(1800-1810)
G OYA , D E L A C R O I X , G E R I C A U LT
ROMANTICISM
•A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE ARTIST
OF NEO-CLASSICAL PERIOD SOUGHT
TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN THE
EXPRESSION OF EMOTION,BOTH
SUBTLE AND STORMY.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTIC
PERIOD PAINTINGS:
•Shows height of action
•Emotional extremes
•Celebrated nature as out of control
•Dramatic compositions
•Heighted sensations (life and death
moments)
•Paintings focus on EMOTIONS
 F R A N C ISC O
G O YA
( 1 7 4 6 - 1 8 2 6 ) SPAI N
G O YA WAS A C O M M ISSIO N ED
ROMANTIC PAINTER BY THE
KING OF SPAIN.
HE WAS REGARDED BOTH AS :
- THE LAST OF THE “OLD
MASTERS” AND
- - THE FIRST O F
THE “MODERNS.
F R A N C ISC O G O Y A THE THIRD
OF MAY
Sought to
commemorate
Spanish
resistance to
Napoleon’s
armies during the
occupation of
1808 in the
Peninsular War.
F R A N C ISC O G O Y A THE BURIAL
OF SARDINE
A Spanish ceremony
celebrated on Ash
Wednesday.
A symbolical burial of
the past to allow society
to be reborn,
transformed with new
vigor.
 SATURN
DEVOURING HIS
SON
Depicts the Greek
myth of the Titan,
Cronus (Saturn), who
fears that he would
be overthrown by
one of his own
children, so he ate
each one upon their
F R A N C ISC O G O Y A birth.
 (1798 -1863 )
FRANCE
Was considered the
greatest French Romantic
painter of all.
The most influential of
E U G E NE D E L ACROIX Romantic Painters.
 LIBERT Y
LEADING THE
PEOPLE
Commemorates
the July
revolution of
1830, which
Toppled King
Charles X of
France.
 Gericault was the first
French master and the
leader of the French
realistic school.
His masterpieces were
energetic, powerful,
JEAN LOUIS THEODORE GERICAULT
brilliantly colored, and
(1791 -1824 ) FRANCE
tightly composed.
 THE RAF T OF
THE MEDUSA
Portrays victims of a
contemporary
shipwreck.
The people on the
raft were French
emigrants in route to
west Africa.
 CHARGING
CHASSEUR
His first major work
revealed the influence
of the style of Rubens
and an interest in the
depiction of
contemporary subject
matter.
INSANE
WOMAN
A mentally
disabled
that has a
peculiar
hypnotic
power.
GUESSING TIME ;)

G U E S S T H E C O R R E C T W O R D S T O C O M P L E T E E AC H P H R A S E
THE INSANE
WOMA
_ _ _ _ N
By Gericault
S _ATURN
_ _ _ _
DEVOURING
HIS SON
By Francisco
Goya
PAINTING
BY:
FRANCISCO
GO
_ _ YA
_

The Third of May.

THE RAFT OF
M
_ E _DUS
_ _ A

By Gericault
 THE WO MAN IS
HOLDING
THE FL AG
OF F RANCE
_ _ _ __

Liberty Leading the People.

By Delacroix.
Théodore Rousseau
DER KLEINE FISCHER
(T. Rousseau)
LANDSCAPE WITH APLOWMAN
(T. Rousseau)
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
 They were members of the
Barbizon School (a
circle of artists who held
meetings in the village of
Barbizon) that led the
Romantic landscape
painting in France.
THE CHURCH OF MARISSEL,
NEAR BEAUVAIS
(J. Corot)
LE REPOS SOUS LES SAULES
(J. Corot)
ROMANTIC
SCULPTURE
 Romantic sculpture can
be divided into works that
concern about the human
world and those that
concern the natural world.
The leading sculptors of
each type were Rude and
Barye, respectively.
SCULPTORS
OF THE
ROMANTIC
PERIOD
FRANÇOIS RUDE (1784-1855) France
François Rude was best known for his social art which
aimed to inspire and capture the interest of a broad public.
He rejected the classical repose of the late 18th- and early
19th-century French sculpture in favour of a dynamic,
emotional style and created many monuments that stirred
the public for generations.
 FAMOUS ARTWORKS
DEPARTURE OF THE
VOLUNTEERS (F. Rude)
Known as La Marseillaise, this
work portrays the
goddess liberty urging the
forces of the French
Revolution onward.
JEANNE D’ARC
(F. Rude)
 ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE

(1796-1875) France

He was the most famous

animal sculptor of all time. He
studied the anatomy of his
subjects by sketching residents of
the Paris zoo.
 FAMOUS ARTWORKS

HERCULES SITTING ON A BULL

(A. Barye)
THESEUS SLAYING THE
MINOTAUR
(A. Barye)
GUIDE QUESTIONS ;)
1. What have you observed about the Romantic
Period?
2. What are some characteristics of Romantic
Paintings?
3. How does Art from the romantic period differ from
modern art made today?