1. ROMANTICISM

2. Essential Question:
How was Romanticism influenced by the French Revolution?

9. You are listening to “La Marseillaise” – the French National Anthem, composed during the French Revolution.

11. “The Death of Marat” by Jacques Louis David, 1793

12. Paul Jacques Aimee Baudry, 19c [A Romantic View]
The Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday
Paul Jacques Aimee Baudry, 19c [A Romantic View]

24. Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass
Jacques Louis David, 1803

25. What is Romanticism?
Artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions.

26. Characteristics of Romanticism
Appreciation of the Beauty & Fury of Nature.
Exaltation of Emotion over Reason, and senses over intellect.
Worship of the genius, hero, historical figure.
Focus on passion and inner struggle.

27. Emphasis on creativity over tradition.
Imagination is the gateway to spiritual truth.
Glorification of National & Cultural Identity.
Love of the exotic, gothic & mysterious.

28. Wandering Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

29. Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825

30. The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835

31. Moonrise by the Sea Gaspar David Friedrich, 1821

32. Abbey in an Oak Forest Caspar David Friedrich, 1809-1810

33. Solitary Tree Caspar David Friedrich, 1823

34. Tree of Crows Caspar David Friedrich, 1822

35. Eldena Ruin Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825

36. Winter Landscape with Church Gaspar David Friedrich, 1811

37. Cloister Cemetery in the Snow Caspar David Friedrich, 1817-1819

38. The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice) Caspar David Friedrich, 1821

39. The Cathedral Gaspar David Friedrich, 1818

40. The Cathedral (details) Gaspar David Friedrich, 1818

41. You are listening to Franz Lizst’s 12 Transcendental Etudes

42. Shipwreck – Joseph Turner, 1805

43. Grand Canal, Venice Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1835

44. The Burning of Parliament (1) Joseph Turner, 1834-1835

45. The Rise of the Cartheginian Empire Joseph Turner, 1815

46. Rain, Steam, and Speed Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1844

47. Rain, Steam, & Speed (details)

48. The Slave Ship Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1842

49. The Slave Ship (details)

50. Flatford Mill – John Constable, 1817

51. The Corn Field John Constable, 1826

52. Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Ground John Constable, 1825

53. His Majesty’s Ship, “Victory” (Trafalgar) - John Constable, 1806

54. Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows John Constable, 1831

55. Hadleigh Castle - John Constable, 1829

56. The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821

57. Stonehenge - John Constable, 1836

58. Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827

59. Faust and Mephistopheles Eugène Delacroix, 1826-1827

60. The Fanatics of Tangiers Eugène Delacroix, 1837-1838

61. The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage Eugène Delacroix, 1845

62. Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Eugène Delacroix, 1834

63. Massacre of Chios - Eugène Delacroix, 1824

64. Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830

65. Detail of the Musket Bearer Delacoix, himself

66. An Officer of the Imperial Horse Guard Théodore Géricault, 1814

67. The Raft of the Medusa Théodore Géricault, 1819

68. The Shooting of May 3, 1808 Francisco Goya, 1815

69. Witches Sabbath Francisco Goya, 1798

70. Procession of Flagellants on Good Friday Francisco Goya, 1793

71. Saturn Devours His Son Francisco Goya, 1819-1823

72. The Bullfight - Francisco Goya

73. Charge of the Mamelukes, May 2nd, 1808 Francisco Goya, 1814

74. Mad Woman With a Mania of Envy
Theodore Gericault,

75. Isaac Newton – William Blake, 1795

76. Pity - William Blake, 1795

77. The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun William Blake, 1808-1810

78. God as the Architect - William Blake, 1794

79. Elohim Creating Abraham William Blake, 1805

80. Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve William Blake, 1825

81. Lady Macbeth - Henry Fuseli, 1794

82. Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781

83. The Turkish Bath Jean Auguste Ingres, 1852-1863

84. Sunset After a Storm On the Coast of Sicily – Andreas Achenbach, 1853

85. The Deluge Francis Danby, 1840

86. The Eruption of Vesuvius - John Martin

87. The Seventh Plague of Egypt John Martin, 1823

88. Pandemonium - John Martin, 1841

89. Manfred and the Witch of the Alps John Martin - 1837

90. An Avalanche in the Alps Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1803

92. The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice) Caspar David Friedrich, 1821

93. Wandering Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

94. Shipwreck – Joseph Turner, 1805

95. The Slave Ship Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1842

96. The Slave Ship (details)

97. The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821

98. Stonehenge - John Constable, 1836

99. Massacre of Chios - Eugène Delacroix, 1824

100. Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830

101. Detail of the Musket Bearer Delacoix, himself

102. The Raft of the Medusa Théodore Géricault, 1819

103. The Shooting of May 3, 1808 Francisco Goya, 1815

104. Pity - William Blake, 1795

105. Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781

106. The Great Age of the Novel
Gothic Novel: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Historical Novel: Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott Les Miserables - Victor Hugo The Three Musketeers – Alexander Dumas

107. The Great Age of the Novel
Science Fiction Novel: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley Dracula – Bramm Stoker
Novel of Purpose: The Road to Ruin - Thomas Holcroft

109. Other Romantic Writers
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust

110. The Romantic Poets Percy Byssche Shelley Lord Byron (George Gordon)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
John Keats
William Blake

111. George Gordon’s (Lord Byron) Poem
The Prisoner of Chillon

112. Mary Shelley
Frankenstein

113. Sir Walter Scott
Ivanhoe

114. William Wordsworth’s Poem,
Tintern Abbey

115. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poem,
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner