ROMANTIC ART

1800-1850
ROMANTIC ART

▪ Increasing EMPHASIS in aesthetic

theory.
▪ Values IMAGINATION AND
EMOTION OVER REASON
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
ROMANTIC ART
▪ EXPRESSIVE OF INTENSE FEELINGS
▪ ARTISTS: HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE AND
EMOTIONAL
▪ MYSTIC AND DREAMLIKE QUALITY
 INFLUENCES OF
ROMANTIC MOVEMENT ON THE
SUCCEEDING ART MOVEMENTS:
▪ Visual, musical, and literary expression of
a man’s basic rights and exercise of
his freedom of expression
▪ Development of Nationalistic Pride
▪ Symbolism
 REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS
FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
(1798-1863)
Passionate in
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expressing
sympathy by
painting men’s
energetic
activities.
CONTENT:
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
(1798-1863) Use antiquities
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to symbolize his
ideas.
Instead of using
chiaroscuro, Uses
more of color
black, with brown
and purple.
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
(1798-1863)
Click icon to add picture Loves to paint
CLIMAX OF
THE
HISTOTICAL
EVENTS AND
SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES.
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
(1798-1863)

Liberty Leading the People

THEODORE GERICAULT
(1791-1824) The MAIN
FIGURE OF
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ROMANTICISM
Dramatic,
Coloristic
Tendencies, and
battle paintings
(heroism-
suffering and
endurance)
THEODORE GERICAULT
(1791-1824)

 The Raft of Medusa

JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET
(1814-1875)
Click icon to add picture Famous
for
painting
RURAL
LIFE

 The
TheGleaners
Angelus
J.M.W. Turner
(1775-1851) Joseph Mallord
William Turner
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(Full Name)
FIRST MAJOR
ARTIST TO
WORK IN THE
OPEN AIR
Uses Luminous
colors and bold,
thick brushwork
J.M.W. Turner Achieved most
(1775-1851) radical pictorial
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romantic Artists
ABSTRACT IN
FORM and uses
LOOSE WASHES OF
COLORS
INTENTION: To
express EMOTION
rather than to paint a
STORY
Neapolitan Fisher Girls, Surprised, Bathing
in Moonlight
 J.M.W. TURNER
JEAN FRANCHOIS MILLET
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
THE GLEANERS
THEODORE GERICAULT
HEROISM-SUFFERING
NEAPOLITAN FISHER GIRLS, SURPRISED, BATHING IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE ANGELUS
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
RURAL LIFE
EMOTION
 J.M.W. TURNER
JEAN FRANCHOIS MILLET
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
THE GLEANERS
THEODORE GERICAULT
HEROISM-SUFFERING
NEAPOLITAN FISHER GIRLS, SURPRISED, BATHING IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE ANGELUS
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
RURAL LIFE
EMOTION
 J.M.W. TURNER
JEAN FRANCHOIS MILLET
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
THE GLEANERS
THEODORE GERICAULT
HEROISM-SUFFERING
NEAPOLITAN FISHER GIRLS, SURPRISED, BATHING IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE ANGELUS
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
RURAL LIFE
EMOTION
 J.M.W. TURNER
JEAN FRANCHOIS MILLET
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
THE GLEANERS
THEODORE GERICAULT
HEROISM-SUFFERING
NEAPOLITAN FISHER GIRLS, SURPRISED, BATHING IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE ANGELUS
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
RURAL LIFE
EMOTION
 J.M.W. TURNER
JEAN FRANCHOIS MILLET
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
THE GLEANERS
THEODORE GERICAULT
HEROISM-SUFFERING
NEAPOLITAN FISHER GIRLS, SURPRISED, BATHING IN THE MOONLIGHT
THE ANGELUS
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
MOVEMENT
EUGENE FERDINAND VICTOR DELACROIX
RURAL LIFE
EMOTION