Romanticism

Question 1

what is romanticism a revolt against?

Answer 1

revolt against Neoclassicism

Question 2

what is the agenda of romanticism?

Answer 2

depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form

Question 3

what are the focal points of romanticism?

Answer 3

imagination emotion and freedom

Question 4

what are the most important aspects of romantic art?

Answer 4

these artists valued the emotional drama of the moment as the most important issue of the art.
emotional intensity through colour was important
composition relies on sweeping diagonals
paintings are full of movement and drama
line became less precise and brushstrokes are important
emotional involvement of the artist was very important

Question 5

what do the romatic artist refer to?

Answer 5

medieval tales of chivalry and adventure

Question 6

what is a german term that summarises the agenda of romantic art and define it?

Answer 6

weltschmerz, a haunting nostalgia for “long ago and far away”

Question 7

what is the name of the our first romantic artist?

Answer 7

Theodore Gericault

Question 8

what artwork did Theodore Gericault paint

Answer 8

The raft of Medusa

Question 9

describe the background of the Raft of Medusa?

Answer 9

over life-sized painting
depicts moment from the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval figate Meduse
147 people set adrift on a hurriedly constructed raft
all but 15 died 13 days before rescue
Those who survived experienced starvation,dehydration,canabalism and madness
Gericault chose this incident to generate public interest

Question 10

give an analysis of the raft of Medusa?

Answer 10

The makeshift raft was barely seaworthy while the men are broken and in utter despair
One old man hold his son’s corpse at his knees,another tears his hair out in frustration and defeat
one points it out and an African crew member, Jean Charles,stands on a barret and waves frantically with his handkerchief to draw it’s attention
The palette is composed of pallid flesh tones and murky colours for survivor clothes, the sea and the clouds.
The painting is dark and relies on sombermostly brown pigments that Gerivault believed suggested pain and tragedy
the lighting has been described as tenebrism the use of violent contrast between light and dark

Question 11

who is the second artist in the romantic movement

Answer 11

Eugene Delacroix

Question 12

what is Eugene delacroix’s artwork?

Answer 12

Liberty leading the People

Question 13

give an analysis of Liberty leading the people?

Answer 13

allefory of revolution
The bare-chested woman representing the idea of Liberty, wearing a phrygian cap and raises the tricolour flag encourages the crowd forward on their path of victory
includes underarm hair suggesting a real person not just an ideal
each image carries political significance
Notre Dame place the scene Paris but the background is mostly imagined
used the dynamic pyramid arrangement,chiarosuro highlight heroism, death and suffering
The beret with a white royalist and a red ribbon denotes the liberal faction
a Cholet handkerchief, a symbol of a royalist leader is fastened to man’s abdomen

Question 14

who is the third artist?

Answer 14

Caspar David Friedrich

Question 15

what is Caspar David Friedrich’s artowork?

Answer 15

Wandered above the sea fog

Question 16

analysis Wanderer above the sea fog

Answer 16

an aristocratic man steps on a rocky crag as he survey the landscape before him with his bak turned toward the viewer
Many Friedrich works depict solitary figures in an overwhelming landscape that stands for a byronic hero overlooking and dominating the view
The landscape is essentially imaginary a composite as specific views
The individual contemplated the world before him
The figure also seem small compared to the vista of sky and mountains before him
Shows the sublimity of nature and its infinite boundless and tempestuousness
Upon contemplation the world in its fog is ultimately unknowable