Examples of Art from

The Romantic Periodca. 1798 – 1832

by Fiona Jane Ellingsen

DefinitionRomanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the early 19th century. Romanticism is characterized by the 5 “I”s• Imagination• Intuition• Idealism• Inspiration• Individuality

Visual Arts• Neoclassical art was

rigid, severe, and unemotional; it hearkened back to ancient Greece and Rome

• Romantic art was emotional, deeply-felt, individualistic, and exotic. It has been described as a reaction to Neoclassicism, or “anti-Classicism.”

Visual Arts: Examples

Neoclassical Art

Romantic Art

John Singleton Copley – Charles I Demanding the Five Members in the House of Commons in 1642

The “Pilgrims” by Robert W. Weir (1844)

Mr and Mrs Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough . Painted about 1950. Oil on Canvas

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851), The Shipwreck, exhibited 1805. Oil on canvas. About 1800, shipwreck imagery figured prominently in both art and literature, often serving as a metaphor for human vulnerability

before the forces of nature. With this painting, Turner, who often painted marine pictures, was probably depicting the recent sinking of the Earl of Abergavenny off the coast of Weymouth in 1805.

The Cornfield by the English artist John Constable. 1826

Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816.

John Constable, Stonehenge, 1835 Watercolour

The Second of May 1808, also known as The Charge of the Mamelukes by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya.

Liberty Leading the People byEugène Delacroix

"The Ride of the Valkyries" by the German painter William T. Maud. 1890

Eldena Abbey in Germany. The early 19th century Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich made it the subject of several paintings.

Winter Landscape with Church by Caspar David Friedrich, 1811

"Death and the woodcutter" by Jean Francois Millet, 1851

The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton , England, United Kingdom. It was built in three stages, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion.

The Houses of Parliament with Big Ben originates from 1840 after a fire destroyed the previous building. The Gothic style was designed by Sir Charles Barry with help from A.W. Pugin.