ROMANTIC STYLE

1790 – 1850

By Tanner Hayes

EVENTS DURING

1848 Gold Rush1861-1865 Civil War 1865 Lincoln was assassinated & Slavery was abolished1886 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 & paintFrancisco Goya; Spanish Court Painter; paint & print makingTheodore Gericault; French Romantic Painter; Painted first photojournalism piece

JOHN CONSTABLEDedham Vale

1802Oil on canvas

FRANCISCO GOYA

Yard With Lunatics1794

Oil on tin plated iron

THEODORE GERICAULT

The Raft of the Medusa1818

MORE INFORMATION

Romanticism was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of EnlightenmentExalted individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, emotions, & natureEmotion 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.

wikipedia, huntfor.com,

academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu