Romanticism Flashcards
Romanticism
A move away from academia. “Mankind is not ideal, he is “simultaneously great and wretched”. Themes: Man’s inhumanity to man, the sublime, angst and fear. Colore.
Industrial Revolution
Beginning of age of technology. Creation of machines to replace man’s labor.
Sublime
Representation that inspires awe and feeling of something ‘larger than life’.
Odalisque
Harem slave woman
Orientalism
The West’s (Europe) fascination with the cultures and customs of Northern Africa, the East and Near-East.
Goya - The Third of May
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Turner - The Slave Ship
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Cole - The Oxbow
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Ingres - Grande Odalisque
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Gericault - The Raft of the Medusa
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Delacroix - Liberty Leading the People
Medium: Oil on Canvas