1. Madame Zahn French Art History
Romanticism
Madame Zahn
French Art History

2. "Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their marvels."

3. Henry Fuseli, 1781, The Nightmare

4. Essential Questions:
How do the arts bring to the forefront political and social issues?
How do the arts break through or create class barriers?

5. Elements of French Romanticism
between roughly 1800 and 1850
influenced by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
emphasized emotions and scenes of awe and terror
emphasized the importance of the artist’s imagination and artistic inspiration
in France, history painting with a political message
many paintings reflected current events rather than mythological or religious figures

6. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Ossian receiving the Ghosts of the French Heroes, 1800–02
“Either Girodet is mad or I no longer know anything of the art of painting“—Jacques-Louis David

8. Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa, 1819

9. Eugène Delacroix Death of Sardanapalus 1827

10. Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People 1830

11. Romanticism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFu3aJgkYkU
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12. The Storming of the Bastille told through the eyes of romanticism

13. Summative assessment
Using the various sources provided in class, “tell” the story of the storming of the Bastille based on your perspective of this important historical and political event. Choose a specific part of the event and describe the painting you would create in the Romantic style to capture this particular moment. Be sure to include who and what are pictured in the foreground and the background and their significance to the overall tone of the painting. Also detail how you would portray Romanticism’s main stylistic elements into your painting. Lastly, include a rough sketch of the painting with the specific elements highlighted and labeled.