Neoclassical CharacteristicsNeoclassical Characteristics

• Emphasis upon objective reason and Emphasis upon objective reason and forethoughtforethought

• Love of classical literature and literary Love of classical literature and literary formsforms

• Controlled, restrained writing dealing with Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical, and familiar topicsexpected, typical, and familiar topics

• Objects arranged in a balanced and Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical patternsymmetrical pattern

• Love of the city and industryLove of the city and industry

The Romantic MovementThe Romantic Movement

BackgroundBackground

• Eighteenth Century 1798-1832 (later Eighteenth Century 1798-1832 (later moved to US called Transcendentalism)moved to US called Transcendentalism)

• Time of Revolution-particularly the French Time of Revolution-particularly the French Revolution proved influential to the artists Revolution proved influential to the artists of the period. of the period.

• Romanticism reacted negatively to the Romanticism reacted negatively to the excesses of industrialism-ludditeexcesses of industrialism-luddite

• Reaction against Neoclassicism with the Reaction against Neoclassicism with the respect for rules, the individual’s place in respect for rules, the individual’s place in society, veneration of Greek and Roman society, veneration of Greek and Roman traditionstraditions

Romantic CharacteristicsRomantic Characteristics

• Emphasis upon subjective emotion and Emphasis upon subjective emotion and spontaneityspontaneity

• Love of one’s own national literature and Love of one’s own national literature and literary formsliterary forms

• Wild, exuberant writing dealing with Wild, exuberant writing dealing with unexpected, exotic, and foreign topicsunexpected, exotic, and foreign topics

• Objects contrasted with each other and Objects contrasted with each other and arranged asymmetricallyarranged asymmetrically

• Love of the country and natureLove of the country and nature

Ferdinand IV Angelica Kauffmann

Views of Modern Rome, 18th CenturyViews of Modern Rome, 18th Centuryby Giovanni Paolo Panniniby Giovanni Paolo Pannini

Abelard Abelard Soliciting the Soliciting the Hand of Hand of HeloiseHeloise

Angelica Angelica KauffmannKauffmann

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Study of Pope Study of Pope Pius VIIPius VII

Jacques-Louis Jacques-Louis David David

Joseph-Marie Vien

Tennis Court OathTennis Court Oath

Joseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie Vien

Bust of Napoleon by Antonio Canova

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Landscape with Sunrise over a RiverLandscape with Sunrise over a River

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Tours; Tours; SunsetSunsetJ.M.W. J.M.W. TurnerTurner

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Ruins by Cotman

Joseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie Vien

Samuel PalmerSamuel Palmer

Antoine grosAntoine gros

St.Benet’s Abbey 1831 CotmanSt.Benet’s Abbey 1831 Cotman

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Setting Sun by FriedrichSetting Sun by Friedrich

Samuel PalmerSamuel Palmer

““A Dream in the Appeni”A Dream in the Appeni”

Wintworth Street Wintworth Street by Doreby Dore

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French Garden

Themes of RomanticismThemes of Romanticism

• Love of nature in all of its aspectsLove of nature in all of its aspects• Concern and sympathy for common peopleConcern and sympathy for common people• Interest in the world of imagination especially the Interest in the world of imagination especially the

supernaturalsupernatural• Rebellion against any form of tyrannical controlRebellion against any form of tyrannical control• Interest in past legends, especially the medieval and Interest in past legends, especially the medieval and

primitive (hermits)primitive (hermits)• Involvement with the lonely and melancholic, Involvement with the lonely and melancholic,

especially in the contemplation of eventual death and especially in the contemplation of eventual death and dissolutiondissolution

• A focus on individual feelings not intellectA focus on individual feelings not intellect• An interest in childhoodAn interest in childhood

The Legacy of Romanticism:The Legacy of Romanticism:

• Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-FriGothic, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fri

• Environmental awarenessEnvironmental awareness

• EmotionsEmotions

• Appreciation of the common manAppreciation of the common man