Arts Flashcards
“Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor in exact truth, but in a way of feeling.”
Charles Baudelaire (1846)
Romanticism began in ____ and in _____ in the early 1800s and thrived until middle of the century
Britain and france
Baroque artist aimed to ___ in their paintings, sculptures, architectures and other works
Evoke emotiond
Most romantic artists depicted these kinds of subject matter in their creations:
Landscape, pastoral life, nationalism and revolution
Is this true or false, romanticism valued spiritualism over science and also democracy over suppression
True
Romantic painters were inspired by the ___
Periods literature
_____ themes prevailed in romantic paintings
Tragic and catastrophic
Romantic painters were basically about ___
Emotions
Romantic painters gave their subject an atmosphere of:
Greed, purity, virtue, insanity, solitude or selflessness
They also identify their emotions with the changing aspect of nature, thus, natural forces such as:
Shipwrecks, storms, floods, storms, and earthquakes were commonly depicted in the paintings during the period
The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819)
Theodore Gericault
Liberty Leading the people (1830)
Eugene Delacroix
The Third of may, 1808 (1814) and Saturn devouring one of his children
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy (1795) and Satan Arousing the Rebellious Angels (1808)
William Blake (1757-1827)
Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842), and Rain, Steam and Speed - The great western railway (1844)
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851)