Transcript Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Realism

Romanticism
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Artists who felt limited by Neoclassicism, began creating more
emotional artwork giving rise to Romanticism.
Reaction against Neoclassicism – not interested in the
importance of rules and perfection.
Not a particular style but an attitude characterized by colour,
emotion, passion, imagination, and a dream like quality.
Named after the revival of interest in medieval stories like
King Arthur – heroic stories referred to as “romances.”
Sometimes inspired by current events, particularly tragedies.
Also inspired by Africa and the Orient.
This movement is also in poetry (eg. Wordsworth and Keats)
and Music (eg. Beethoven and Schubert).
Remember this?
Gericault. Raft of the Medusa. (1818-1819)
• Leader of
Romanticism in
France
• This image was
based on a
contemporary
incident in which
a government
ship was wrecked
en route from
France to Senegal
- only 15 survived
after being cut
adrift on a raft
• dead and dying
versus hope and
struggle
Francisco Goya. Saturn
Devouring one of his Sons.
(1819-1823)
• Francisco Goya
was the official
painter of King
Charles IV of Spain.
• This piece shows
slaughtering of
Spanish rebels by
French soldiers –
essential a “social
protest” painting.
• Emotional and
immediate portrayal
of inhumanity
• emotional and
energetic
brushstrokes
Remember this?
Goya. Third of May,1808. (1814)
Henri Fuseli. The Nightmare. (1781)
Eugene Delacroix. Liberty Leading the People. (1830)
Nash. Royal Pavilion. Brighton. (1815-1818)
• English lead Romanticism in architecture
• Borrowed ideas from other times and cultures
• This building meant to be summer home for
King George IV
• Inspired by Islamic
domes and minarets,
also contains interior
spaces in the styles of
Greek, Egyptian,
Chinese and Gothic art.
Realism
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Artists who painted the present reality were called
Realists – believed that only that which they could see
and experience was worth recording in art.
Aim: subjects are to be shown a naturally and
realistically as possible
Realists admired the 17th century Dutch & Flemish
painters
Philosophy: glorified the working class and valued the
common, everyday world around them.
This time period also brought about the rise of
Photography as an art form.
Millet. The Gleaners. (1857)
• Came from a
peasant family
and eventually
turned to painting
everyday life of
peasants in
France – eg.
Sowing, seed,
harvesting, etc.
• Shows peasants
as dignified
people
• Simple dignity
Daumier. The Third Class Carriage. (1862)
• Was a social caricaturist for Paris newspapers
• Shows people in the urban environment – not posing in a studio