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Art in the Romantic Era
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The Death of Marat by David 1793
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David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1800
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David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-7
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detail, Coronation
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Arc de Triomphe, Paris 1806-37
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Aspects of Romanticism in music & art The Engaged & Enraged Artist Nature Supernatural, demonic; dreams & madness exoticism “ancient” (Medieval –– not Greek) - rejection of Classicism & Renaissance
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Engaged and enraged THE ARTIST APART FROM SOCIETY THE ARTIST AS SOCIAL CRITIC/REVOLUTIONARY THE ARTIST AS GENIUS ARE WE NOT STILL IN THE ROMANTIC ERA?
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Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830 text p. 334
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Goya, Executions of the Third of May, 1808 1814-15 text p. 336
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Goya, Disasters of War Brave Deeds Against the Dead Etching Political communication
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Nature peaceful, restorative, an escape; The Picturesque awesome, powerful, horrifying, overwhelming, indifferent to the fate of humans; The Sublime the language of God (edited) an inner emotional (subjective) state
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John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821 text p. 338
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Constable Salisbury Cathedral 1826 God as nature, nature as God.
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Caspar David Friedrich, The Wanderer Above the Mists, c. 1817-18 text p. 337
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FRIEDRICH, Caspar David The Sea of Ice, c. 1823-25, Oil on canvas, 96.7 x 126.9 cm
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J.M.W. Turner, The Slave Ship, 1842 text p. 340
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detail, The Slave Ship
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Turner, Joseph Mallord William, Rain, Steam and Speed 1844, Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 48 in. text p. 340
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detail
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Constable Turner
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The Raft of the Medusa by Gericault 1819
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Church, Frederic Edwin Rainy Season in the Tropics 1866, Oil on canvas, 56 1/4 x 84 3/16 in. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Church, Frederic Edwin, The Icebergs 1861, Oil on canvas, 64 1/4 x 112 1/4 in
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Bierstadt, Albert Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California 1868, Oil on canvas, 183 x 305 cm text p. 341
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The Supernatural ghosts, fairies, witches, demons, etc. the shadows of the mind – dreams & madness reaction to Rationalism? (1 st witch scare during the Renaissance) – the escape from Reason
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Delacroix Méphistophélès dans les airs, 1828 No. 2 from the set of 18 lithographs of Goethe's Faust
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Delacroix Faust dans la prison de Marguerite, 1828 No. 18 from the set of 18 lithographs of Goethe's Faust
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Goya, The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters 1796-8 etching text p. 345
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Goya Kronos devouring his children
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Goya, Witches’ Sabbath, c. 1819-23 text p. 345
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Theodore Gericault Mad Woman with a Mania of Envy 1822-23 Study of the insane
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Goya The Lunatics
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Exoticism the sexy Other psychological/moral justification of imperialism? England is exotic to the Italians, Italy exotic to the English! a sense of escape?
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Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus, 1826 p. 333
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detail, Sardanapalus
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Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique La Grand Odalisque 1814 Oil on canvas
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detail
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Jean Auguste Ingres, The Turkish Bath, c1852-63 text p. 344
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detail, Ingres
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Portrait of a Negress Marie Guillemine Benoist, 1800 Political comment on the rights of women? p. 327
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John Nash Royal Pavilion at Brighton 1815-1823 text p. 343
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John Nash Royal Pavilion at Brighton 1815-1823 text p. 343
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Revival of past styles Gothic & Romanesque revival free mixture of stylistic elements Gothic verticality & asymmetry
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Fonthill Abbey 1823 The most influential collapsed building? aka “Beckford’s folly” mentioned in text p. 342
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Fonthill, painting of the interior by the architect, James Wyatt
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Cole, The Architect’s Dream, 1840
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Thomas Cole, The Return, 1837
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Houses of Parliament, London, 1840-65 text p. 343
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Lyndhurst 1838-1842
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Trinity Church, Boston 1877 Richardson
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An English building in India
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Aspects of Romanticism in music & art The Engaged & Enraged Artist Nature Supernatural, demonic exoticism “ancient” (Medieval or folk –– not Greek) - rejection of Classicism & Renaissance
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Goya, Executions of the Third of May, 1808 1814-15 text p. 336 Engaged & enraged: political critique
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John Constable, The Hay Wain, 1821 text p. 338 NATURE: The Picturesque
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Caspar David Friedrich, The Wanderer Above the Mists, c. 1817-18 p. 337 NATURE: The Sublime
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Goya, The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters 1796-8 etching p. 345 The escape from REASON
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John Nash Royal Pavilion at Brighton 1815-1823 text p. 343 EXOTICISM: another escape from Reason
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Houses of Parliament, London, 1840-65 text p. 342 The escape from Reason, Part 3: REVIVAL OF THE PRE-RENAISSANCE PAST
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La Marselliaise by Francois Rude
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