1. Romanticism

2. The Romantic Movement e Began in the 1790s and peaked in the 1820s. e Mostly in Northern Europe, especially in Britain and Germany. e A reaction against classicism. e The “Romantic Hero:”  Greatest example was Lord Byron  Tremendously popular among the European reading public.  Youth imitated his haughtiness and rebelliousness.

3. Characteristics of Romanticism The Individual/ The Dreamer:  Individuals have unique, endless potential.  Self-realization comes through art  Artists are the true philosophers.

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

5. Characteristics of Romanticism Glorification of Nature:  Peaceful, restorative qualities [an escape from industrialization and the dehumanization it creates].  Awesome, powerful, horrifying aspects of nature.  Indifferent to the fate of humans.  Overwhelming power of nature.

6. Flatford Mill – John Constable, 1817

7. Another Constable painting…

8. Last of the Mohicans, Thomas Cole, 1827

9. Watson and the Shark John Singleton Copley 1778

10. Characteristics of Romanticism Revival of Past Styles:  Gothic & Romanesque revival.  “Neo-Gothic” architectural style.  Medieval ruins were a favorite theme for art and poetry.

11. Hadleigh Castle - John Constable, 1829

12. British Houses of Parliament 1840-1865 (Gothic Revival)

13. Characteristics of Romanticism The Supernatural:  Ghosts, fairies, witches, demons.  The shadows of the mind—dreams & madness.  The romantics rejected materialism in pursuit of spiritual self-awareness.  They yearned for the unknown and the unknowable.

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

15. Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781

16. Witches Sabbath Francisco Goya, 1798

17. Characteristics of Romanticism Exoticism:  The sexy “other.”  A sense of escape from reality.  A psychological/moral justification of imperialism?

18. Death of Sardanapalus, Eugene Delacroix, 1821

19. 1798-1863 Born near Paris, France. One of the leading Romantic artists of the time and was beloved by France. Studied in England, North Africa, Spain, and Morocco but was commissioned primarily within France. Works can be described by expressive color in paintings of war and tragedy. EUGÈNE DELACROIX

20. Liberty Leading the People, 1830 Nationalism of France

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

23. The Great Age of the Novel   Gothic Novel: Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1847) Frankestein- Mary Shelley (1818)  Historical Novel: Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (1862) The Three Musketeers – Alexander Dumas (1844)

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

25. Romanticism doc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky6qKSCvSMwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky6qKSCvSMw Romanticism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60MtHRWW4w&index=43&list=PLfzs_X6 OQBOxudw-bxvxBuTWvh6bwaVhQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u60MtHRWW4w&index=43&list=PLfzs_X6 OQBOxudw-bxvxBuTWvh6bwaVhQ Romantic Art