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Neo-Classicism Art of the Napoleonic Era The Art of Power
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Oath of Horatii Jacques Louis David 1784
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Death of Socrates J-L David 1787
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Goya Art of Social protest
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The Spirit of the Age (1790-1850)
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Enlightenment Society is good, curbing violent impulses! Civilization corrupts! Romanticism Early 19c A Growing Distrust of Reason e The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. e Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. e “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness the community is more important. e The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. e Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. e “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness the community is more important.
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The Romantic Movement Began in 1790s Peaked in 1820s Mostly Northern Europe-- Britain & Germany Lord Byron - “The Romantic hero”
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Wandering Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!
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1. Power & Fury of Nature
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The Deluge Francis Danby, 1840
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Tree of Crows Caspar David Friedrich, 1822
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The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice) Caspar David Friedrich, 1821
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2. Science can be dangerous. The new technology is dehumanizing
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3. Romanticizing Country Life
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The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821
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Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows John Constable, 1831
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Eldena Ruin Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825
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4. The Exotic, the Occult & the Macabre Nightmare (The Incubus) Henry Fuseli, 1781
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Abbey in an Oak Forest Caspar David Friedrich, 1809-1810
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The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun William Blake, 1808-1810
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5. Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827 5. Nationalism Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi Eugène Delacroix, 1827
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Liberty Leading the People Eug è ne Delacroix, 1830
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6. Interest in Exotic Lands
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Women of Algiers in Their Apartment Eug è ne Delacroix, 1834
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What do Romanticism and Ms. Greenberg’s winter break have in common? The Romantic periods ends around 1850….but some people…such as the unfortunate King Ludwig of Bavaria…are “hopeless Romantics”
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