An introduction and exploration of notable works Romanticism An introduction and exploration of notable works
What makes you feel emotion?
ROMANTICISM Liberalism C L R N S F Artists, Authors, & Poets Beauty Social Class(es): Buzzwords Mixes Well With Doesn’t Play Well With Proponent(s) Document(s) Artists, Authors, & Poets Beauty Nostalgia Nature Enlightenment Conservatism (Backward Looking) Nationalism (It’s Just Beautiful) Liberalism William Blake (Poet) Eugène Delacroix (Artist) The Sorrows of Young Werther Frankenstein Blake’s Poetry C L R N S F
Trends Subjects often rejected or misunderstood by society Individualism Heroic acts Gothic Literature Love of nature Pantheism (sort of opposite of Deism) Critical of Science
Caspar David Friederich Likes the moon Liked to paint people from the back with focus on scene (this is Mr. Edsall’s analysis)
Joseph Malford William Turner (1775-1851) Did not focus on accuracy Objects melt into surroundings
Eugéne Delacroix (1798-1863) Passion for color “a painting should be a feast to the eye”