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Unit 3-Romantic Painting
Unit 3-Romantic Painting
1.
BERTEL
THORVALDSEN
2.
LION OF LUCERNE
3.
ANTONIO CANOVA
4.
PSYCHE AWAKENED
BY CUPID’S KISS
5.
ROMANTICISM, 1800s-1810s
• Romanticism was a movement in which the
artists of Neoclassical period sought to break
new ground in the expression of emotion, both
subtle and stormy.
• It embraced a number of distinctive themes,
such as a longing for history, supernatural
elements, social injustices, and nature.
ROMANTICISM, 1800s-1810s
JEAN LOUIS
THÉODORE
GÉRICAULT
(1791-1824) France
JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
(1791-1824) France
This painting
commemorates the
July Revolution of
1830, which toppled
King Charles X of
France.
Famous Artwork:
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
A commissioned Romantic
painter by the King of Spain.
He was also a printmaker
regarded both as the last of the
“Old Masters” and the first of
the “Moderns”.
Famous Artworks:
THE THIRD OF MAY
The Third of May is Goya’s
masterpiece that sought to
commemorate Spanish
resistance to Napoleon's
armies during the
occupation of 1808 in the
Peninsular War. (Wikipedia)
Famous Artworks:
SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON
This artwork depicts the
Greek myth of the Titan
Cronus (Saturn), who fears
that he would be overthrown
by one of his children, so he ate
each one upon their birth.
(Wikipedia)
Famous Artworks:
THE BURIAL OF SARDINE
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 and includes features such as
mountains, valleys, vegetation, and bodies of
water. The sky is another important element
shaping the mood of landscape paintings.
Landscape art ranges from highly detailed and
realistic to impressionistic, romantic and idealized.
Famous landscape artists during the Romantic Period:
1. Théodore Rousseau
2. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Famous landscape artists during the Romantic Period:
1. Théodore Rousseau
2. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Famous landscape artists during the Romantic Period:
1. Théodore Rousseau
2. 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.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
THE CHURCH
OF MARISSEL,
NEAR BEAUVAIS
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
LE REPOS SOUS
LES SAULES
Théodore Rousseau
DER KLEINE
FISCHER
REFLECTION:
1. What can you say about the Romantic Period?
2. What are the characteristics of the Romantic
paintings?
3. What are the ideas or themes that were
portrayed in their art?
4. How do the artists convey their ideas in their
art?
REFLECTION:
1. What can you say about the Romantic Period?
2. What are the characteristics of the Romantic
paintings?
3. What are the ideas or themes that were
portrayed in their art?
4. How do the artists convey their ideas in their
art?
Short Quiz
DER KLEINE
FISCHER
3.
THE BURIAL OF
SARDINE
4.
JEAN LOUIS
THÉODORE
GÉRICAULT
5.
THE RAFT OF
THE MEDUSA
6.
EUGÈNE
DELACROIX
7.
SATURN
DEVOURING HIS
SON
8.
LIBERTY
LEADING THE
PEOPLE
9.
FRANCISCO GOYA
10.
INSANE WOMAN
PAINT ME!