Romanticism Art

Romanticism 1800-1840

Romanticism was a cultural movement that started in Europe. It was somewhat a reaction to the Industrial Revolution which occurred during the same time period. The movement has effected philosophical thinking, literature, music and art.

The romantic movement started at the end of the 1700's and reached its peak in the early 1800's. It marked the end of the Baroque movement and was followed by the Realism. 

Characteristics of the Romanticism Art

Romantic art focused on emotions, feelings and moods of all kind including spirituality, imagination, mystery and fervour.

The subject matter varied widely including landscapes, religions, revolution and peaceful beauty. The brushwork for romantic art become looser and less precise. 

France

Antoine Jean Gros began the transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism by moving to a more colorful and emotional style, influenced by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens , which developed in a series of battle paintings glorifying Napoleon.

Wounded Cuirassier by Theodore Gericault

The main figure for French Romanticism was Theodore Gericault, who carried further the dramatic, colouristic tendencies of Gros's style and who shifted the emphasis of battle paintings from heroism to suffering and endurance. In his Wounded Cuirassier (1814) a soldier limps off the field as rising smoke and descending clouds seem to impinge on his figure.


Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault

Raft of the Medusa use the powerful brushstrokes and conflicting light and dark tones heighten the sense of his isolation and vulnerability , which for Gericault and many other Romantics constituted the essential human condition.




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