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1 Romanticism 1800-1860

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3 Romanticism is defined as an artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the very late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, and the individual's expression of emotion and imagination.

4 Romanticism was associated with liberalism and radicalism, and significantly led to the growth of nationalism. The movement placed new emphasis on such emotions as anxiety, horror, terror, and awe— especially that which is experienced in confronting untamed nature.

5 British authors: William Wordsworth Samuel Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan Mary Shelley - Frankenstein William Blake - Songs of Innocence, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell American (Gothic) Romance writers: Edgar Allen Poe James Fenimore Cooper - Last of the Mohicans Nathaniel Hawthorne -The Scarlet Letter Herman Melville - Moby Dick Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman Famous writers of the Romantic Period

6 Famous Composers: Germany: Ludwig van Beethoven

7 1830 - first railroad 1848 - Gold Rush 1849 - Industrial Revolution in Europe 1854-1856 - Crimean War 1860 - pre-American Civil War Important Historical Events

8 Romanticism was more prominent in painting than in sculpture or architecture. Subjects for paintings were often taken from nature: with its uncontrollable power, unpredictability, and potential for enormous extremes. Biblical, historical, mythological, and supernatural subjects were also used.

9 Romantic art differed from place to place, even within the same country. In England, the dominant English romantic style can be found in Thomas Gainsborough's The Market Cart (1786)

10 Thomas Gainsborough's “The Blue Boy” 1770

11 Another very famous English artist of the Romantic Period was John Constable “Malvern Hall” (1809)

12 John Constable’s “The Haywain” 1821

13 The Houses of Parliament on Fire, 1830 JMW Turner was another influencial English painter

14 Joseph Mallord William Turner “Fishermen at Sea” 1796

15 Spain's most noted Romantic painter was Francisco de Goya. “Saturn Devouring His Son “

16 “The Shootings of May Third 1808” is the most famous of Goya’s works

17 “Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime” 1808 In France, Théodore Géricault painted

18 Gericault’s most famous painting was “Raft of the Medusa” 1818

19 Eugène Delacroix, also from France, painted wild and violent scenes. “The Death of Sardanapalu” 1827

20 Delacroix’s most famous painting:“Liberty Leading the People” 1830

21 Another French artist, Théodore Rousseau, led the Barbizon School. This was a group of landscape painters who depicted rural life. 1852

22 Théodore Rousseau’s most famous painting was “Edge of the Forest, Near the Gorges”

23 One group of artists that included Thomas Cole painted scenic views of upper New York State and came to be called the Hudson RiverSchool. Beginning in the 1820's American romantic artists painted landscapes that glorified the country's natural beauty. They were inspired by the optimism of a young, rapidly growing nation. Thomas Cole is best known for his series of paintings called : “The Voyage of Life”

24 “The Voyage of Life: Childhood “ 1842

25 “The Voyage of Life: Youth” 1842

26 “The Voyage of Life Manhood” 1840

27 “The Voyage of Life Old Age” 1842

28 There are many other famous American landscape painters: Asher Brown Durand, George Catlin, William Bradford, Frederic Edwin Church, Winslow Homer, George Caleb Bingham, John James Audubon, Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Seth Eastman, Ian Hornak, and Albert Bierstadt.

29 Albert Bierstadt is best known for his monumental landscapes of the American west, ranging in size up to 30+ feet in diameter. “Last of the Buffalo”

30 Valley of the Yosemite, 1864

31 “The White Cloud, Head Chief” “F our Bears, Mandan Chief” 1833 George Catlin

32 “The Natural Bridge, Virginia” 1852 Frederic Church “Twilight in the Wilderness” “The River of Light”

33 James Audubon is best known for his bird paintings

34 “Forest Scene” "Green River Cliffs, Wyoming."1881 Thomas Moran

35 “Northeaster”, 1895 Winslow Homer “The Gulf Stream”, 1899 Snap the Whip, 1872

36 The End Frederick Church

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