1. By: Hunter Harris 2nd AP European History Mrs. Wilson
Romanticism
Famous Musical artist of the romantic period was Ludwig Van Beethoven, Peter Hansel, and lots more. What you are listening to right now is Beethoven’s 5th symphony.
By: Hunter Harris
2nd AP European History
Mrs. Wilson

2. What is romanticism?
The period of Romanticism lasted from ca to 1860
Is a literary, intellectual, art, and music movement that began in Europe in the late 18th century
The movement rejected the principles of order, calm, balance, idealization, and even rationality
This movement did spark up due to a reaction of the Enlightenment period
George Stubbs, “A Lion Attacking a Horse,” 1770. Credit: Yale Center for British Art

3. Liberty Leading the People Eugene Delacroix
Background
Started in the late 18th century
Began in the country of England and it eventually spread to France and throughout Europe
Stated in the last slide, it was a growing reaction to Enlightenment philosophy. Romantics challenged the idea of reasoning.
Emphasized deep feeling, spirituality, and free expression
Liberty Leading the People Eugene Delacroix

4. The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses Horace Vernet 1820
Background con’t
Also, they believed that the mysteries of life can be found through emotion, imagination, and intuition
Another idea they valued was human beings
They believed that humans have infinite, godlike potential
Rejected rationalism and ruled orderliness of the Neoclassical Style
The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses Horace Vernet 1820

5. The Third of May 1808 Francisco Goya
Characteristics
Celebration of Individual
Imagination
Nature
Common Man
Exotic
Mystery
Religion
Revolution
The Third of May 1808 Francisco Goya

6. John Constable
Born June 11,1776 East Bergholt, Suffolk, East Anglia, England
Died March 31, Hampstead, London, England
Famous for beautiful landscape paintings
Characteristics include freshness of light, color, touch, and also influence from old masters
Was inspired by Thomas Gainsborough, Claude Lorrain, and a couple more.
Daniel Gardner, ‘Portrait of John Constable’, 1796, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London © Victoria and Albert Museum, London / Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Art Library 

7. John Constable con’t
Patrons include the Royal Academy and at the Paris Salon
Influenced Barbizon School and also the French Romantic movement.
Another influencer of Constable happens to be a British Artist of John Thomas Smith
His mediums (materials or supplies) include the following:
Oil
Watercolor

8. Art Work of john constable
Stonehenge 1835
Golding Constable's Flower Garden 1815

9. John constable con't 1825-26 1831 1820 Dedham Lock and Mill
Mill at Gillingham, Dorset
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
Dedham Lock and Mill
1831
1820

10. John Sell cotman Born May 16, 1782 in Norwich
Died July 24, 1842 in London
Landscape Painter and etcher
At the age of 16, loved to London and became apart of Dr. Monro’s circle.
No formal tuition in art
Mediums include watercolor and oil

11. Cotman con’t His main patron was the guy named James Reeve.
He acquired most of his artwork, mostly his contemporaries.
, exhibited his watercolor pieces at the Royal Academy
Characteristics if his paintings include:
Precise austere pattern
Eliminated detail through controlled, flat washes of color color.

12. Art work of john sell cotman
Dutch Boats off Yarmouth, Prizes during the War
After a Storm 1820's

13. Palace of Prince Beauharnais
John sell Cotman con’t
Buildings on a River
Palace of Prince Beauharnais
The Waterfall

14. Caspar David Friedrich
Born September 5, 1774
Died May 7, 1840
German Landscape Painter
formal art training, which began in at the University of Greifswald
influenced by the theologian Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten, who taught that nature was a divine revelation
enrolled at the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Art
His man focus was landscapes but, he also did etchings, woodcuts.

15. Friedrich con’t
His first success as a painter was by winning a prize in Weimar competition..
His main themes for his paintings was the natural world
Mediums include:
Oil
Watercolor
Inks
Wood

16. Artwork of caspar david friedrich
The Wanderer Above the Mists
The Cemetery Entrance 1825

17. Caspar david friedrich con’t
The Abbey in the Oakwood
The Tree of Crows
Wreck in the Moonlight
1822
1835

18. j.m.w turner Born April 23, 1775 Died December 19, 1851
IN December 1789, he entered the Royal Academy Schools and was accepted a year later
A landscape, watercolorist, and printmaker
With that said, his styles possibly laid the foundation for Impressionism
At first, he thought to have been interested in

19. Turner con’t
His first water color was accepted into the Summer Exhibition in 1790
Six years later, he exhibited his first oil painting
Nickname is “The painter of light”
As years went by, he became more eccentric. It really hit him hard when his father passed away in 1829
Styles include:
Chromatic palette
Broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint
Shipwrecks, fires, natural catastrophes, natural phenomenon (sunlight, storm, rain, and fog), plus the violent power of the sea.
Affection for humanity.

20. Artwork of J.M.W turner
Self Portrait c. 1799
Peace-Burial at Sea 1842

21. j.m.w Turner con’t 1834-35 1840 1809 The Slave Ship
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
The Sun Rising Through Vapour
1840
1809

22. William blake Born November 28, 1757 Died August 12, 1827
At the age of 14, he apprenticed with an engraver because his family couldn’t afford art school
First assignment was to sketch tombs at Westminster Abbey
Through that, he was exposed to a variety of Gothic styles which he would continue in his artworks

23. Blake COntinued
Most of his early works were actually poetry. But this started to come to a close wen he didn’t want to sacrifice his vision for popularity
So in 1808, he started ti exhibit some of water colors at the Royal Academy
Main patron was Thomas Butts
Characteristics:
Massive size
Iconic designs
Technique was described as “Fresco”. Form of monotype, which used oil and tempera paints mixed with chalks.

24. Artwork of William blake
Our Lady with the Infant Jesus Riding on a Lamb with Saint John 1800
Satan Calling Up His Legions 1809

25. William Blake con’t 1799-1800 1819-20 1799-1800
The Christ Child Asleep on the Cross
The Ghost on a Flea
Moses Indignat at the Golden Calf