(9.1 mApeh) ROMANTIC ARTS

• What does Romantic art primarily focus on?

  Intense emotions and personal experiences
• How is nature depicted in Romantic art?

  As powerful, beautiful, and often sublime
• What themes do Romantic artists often explore in their works?

  Exotic, remote, and mysterious subjects
• What historical period do many Romantic works reflect a fascination with?

  The medieval period
• What emotional qualities do the brushstrokes in Romantic art typically have?

  Looser and more expressive
• FRANCISCO DE GOYA

  He is the greatest painter of the Romantic period.

   

  His work shows personal imaginative visions, disobeying traditional academicism, and conservative subjects.

  
• The Third of May (FRANCISCO DE GOYA)

  
• The portrait of the wife of Juan Agustin Cean (FRANCISCO DE GOYA)

  
• The Picnic (FRANCISCO DE GOYA)

  
• Blind Man's Buff (FRANCISCO DE GOYA)

  
• Quinta del Sordo and Black Paintings (1819–1822) (FRANCISCO DE GOYA)

  
• CHARACTERISTICS OF  FRANCISCO DE GOYA'S ARTS

  Subjects

  Portraits, historical and social commentary,

  mythological and supernatural subjects.

   

  Themes

  Human suffering and war, critique of society

  and power, the supernatural madness, the

  inevitability of death and fate.

   

  Mediums

  Oil paint and ink

   

  Process & Technique

  Expressive brushwork, dramatic light and

  shadow (chiaroscuro), innovative printmaking

  techniques such as aquatint.
• PRINCIPLES OF FRANCISCO DE GOYA'S ARTS

  Emphasis

  He use the central figures of his artworks.

   

  Balance

  Sometimes symmetrical, sometimes asymmetrical

   

  Rhythm

  Repetition of shapes, lines, and colors

   

  Proportion

  Exaggerated body proportion
• EUGENE DELACROIX

  sympathized with revolting against repressive regimes.

  
• Liberty Leading the People (EUGENE DELACROIX)

  
• The Abduction of Rebecca (EUGENE DELACROIX)

  
• The Women of Algiers (EUGENE DELACROIX)

  
• CHARACTERISTICS OF EUGENE DELACROIX'S ARTS

  Subjects

  Historical and political events, literary and mythological themes, exoticism and orientalism

   

  Themes

  Freedom and revolution, passion and emotion, nature and the sublime

   

  Mediums

  Oil paint, water color, lithography

   

  Process & Technique

  Use of chiaroscuro, vibrant colors, diagonal lines and swirling movements.
• PRINCIPLES OF EUGENE DELACROIX'S ARTS

  Emphasis

  He use the central figures of his artworks.

   

  Balance

  Sometimes symmetrical, sometimes asymmetrical

   

  Rhythm

  Repetition of shapes, lines, and colors

   

  Proportion

  Exaggerated body proportion
• THEODORE GERICAULT

  A prominent 19th-century French painter, was a key figure in the Romanticism style. He lived and painted with dynamism, influenced by his masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa" and was a significant influence on Eugene Delacroix.

  
• Raft of Medusa (THEODORE GERICAULT)

  
• Portrait of Insane (Series) (THEODORE GERICAULT)

  
• CHARACTERISTICS OF THEODORE GERICAULT'S

  ARTS

  Subjects

  Historical events, literary and mythological themes, portraits

   

  Themes

  Suffering and survival, heroism, tragedy, personal and emotional responses.

   

  Mediums

  Oil paint, lithography Process Used detailed sketches, models for realistic poses, and chiaroscuro to enhance emotional impact in his paintings

   

  Technique

  Chiaroscuro and foreshortening
• PRINCIPLES OF THEODORE GERICAULT'S ARTS

  Emphasis

  Central figures are highlighted with dramatic lighting to show their suffering.

   

  Balance

  Asymmetrical balance

   

  Rhythm

  Repetition of flowing lines

   

  Proportion

  Realistically proportional