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ROMANTIC STYLE
1790 – 1850
By Tanner Hayes
EVENTS DURING
1848 Gold Rush
1861-1865 Civil War
1865 Lincoln was assassinated & Slavery
was abolished
1886 Statue of Liberty unveiled & Spanish
American War
CHARACTERISTICS
 Revived clash between color & Design
 Emphasized new prominence of the
brushstroke and the artist free handling of paint
 Some expressed ancient ruins, death, & decay
 Placed emphasis on such emotions as
trepidation, horror, terror, & awe
IMPORTANT ARTISTS
John Constable; British Painter; Lush
Landscapes; used pencil & paint
Francisco Goya; Spanish Court Painter;
paint & print making
Theodore Gericault; French Romantic
Painter; Painted first photojournalism piece
JOHN CONSTABLE
Dedham Vale
1802
Oil on canvas
FRANCISCO
GOYA
Yard With Lunatics
1794
Oil on tin plated iron
THEODORE GERICAULT
The Raft of the Medusa
1818
MORE INFORMATION
Romanticism was a revolt against
aristocratic social and political norms of the
Age of Enlightenment
Exalted individualism, subjectivism,
irrationalism, imagination, emotions, &
nature
Emotion over reason-Senses over intellect
THE ROMANTIC STYLE
A time of artistic, literary, & intellectual movement
that originated in the second half of the 18th century
in Europe. The expression of emotion was the focus
of all the arts.
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