Art Periods

Question 1

Romantic period artist examples

Answer 1

Theodore Gericault
Francisco de Goya
Henry Fuseli
Casper David Friedrich
William Turner

Question 2

Romantic period characteristics and time

Answer 2

Late 18th-early 19th century

Dramatic Subject matter

Human EMOTIONS and imagination is key: exploring the inner power of the individual

Imagination and Fantasy: celebrated power of imagination: drawn to myths, legends, folklore, etc.
- often use symbolism to convey deeper meanings.

Nature and Sublime: the awe-inspiring and sublime aspects of nature.

Question 3

Theodore Gericault

Answer 3

added black to colour to make it muted, dark.
- dramatic: exposed, vulnerable: a sense of DRAMA
- strong shadowing

Question 4

Francisco De Goya

Answer 4

Often quite CRITICAL of humanity and its fragility and vulnerability: the ugliness of humanness
- uses fantastical elements to convey the EMOTIONS of war, etc. (shift between grandiose to the terror, despair of war_
- also created art for the mass population, but was commissioned by royals
- strong contrast in light and shadow

Question 5

Casper David Friedrich

Answer 5

Mystical or surreal landscapes, suggesting a connection between the natural world and the divine.
- the QUIETNESS of the moment.

Question 6

William Turner

Answer 6

Nature and Sublime: the awe-inspiring and sublime aspects of nature.
- everything feels SUBLIME and beautiful: blurred.

Question 7

Impressionism Qualities

Answer 7

More structural in approach, however interesting in capturing the feeling is LEISURE and beauty

• the effects of light

Question 8

Impressionism artists

Answer 8

Auguste Renoir
Vincent Van Gogh
Edvard Munch

Question 9

Edvard Munch

Answer 9

Inspired by the symbolist movement: the use of COLOUR and symbols
- influenced by changing morals of the art world vs conservative family

• unusual shifting lines, colours and shapes to show emotional turmoil

Question 10

Dada

Question 11

Surrealism

Answer 11

After Dadaism, DREAMS can be used to show the human psyche and behavior

A response to WW1: if you could remove the human away from the rational constraints of human (subconscious) you would find something far more beautiful.

Question 12

Automosism

Answer 12

The use of CHANCE in creating art a.k.a rubbing it on surface
- removing control of the artist

• surrealist techique