Romanticism and Spanish Romanticism

Question 1

Romanticism

Answer 1

• Expressed personal melancholy emotions
• Rejected reason (reaction against the enlightenment)
• The revolutionary in politics
• antihero
• contemporary events

Question 2

P in PINE

Answer 2

• Past, longing for the medieval past
• Pre-industrial
• Shakespeare and Dante

Question 3

I in PINE

Answer 3

• Irrational/Inner mind/Insanity

- Depicts the human psyche and topics that transcend the use of reason

Question 4

N in PINE

Answer 4

• Nature-longing for the purity of nature, which defies human rationality
• The Sublime-overwhelming emotion that makes you feel as if you are nothing compared to the world around you

Question 5

E in PINE

Answer 5

Emotion/Exotic-favored emotion and passion over reason

-Exotic themes and locales did not adhere to European emphasis on rationality (Orientalism)

Question 6

Spanish Romanticism

Answer 6

Francisco Goya

• Drama,action color
• rejects Academic painting (loose brushstrokes)
• revolutionary in politics

Question 7

Avant-garde

Answer 7

an innovative group of artists who generally reject traditional approaches in favor of a more experimental techniques

Question 8

Raft of the Medusa

Answer 8

Title: Raft of the Medusa
Artist: Theodore Gericault
Style: Romanticism
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date Range: 1818-1819, early 1800's

Question 9

Liberty Leading the People

Answer 9

Title: Liberty Leading the People
Artist: Eugene Delacroix
Style: Romanticism
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date Range: 1830, early 1800's

Question 10

School

Answer 10

a group of artists who share the same philosophy, work around the same time, but not necessarily together.

Question 11

The Sublime

Answer 11

Any cathartic experience that cause the viewer to marvel in awe, wonder, or passion

Question 12

The Slave Ship

Answer 12

Title: The Slave Ship
Artist: JMW Turner
Style: Romanticism
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date Range: 1840, early 1800's

Question 13

Why is Goya’s Third of May, 1808 considered modern art?

Answer 13

He is depicting a contemporary event

Question 14

Raft of the Medusa info.

Answer 14

• Shipwrecked vessel, Medusa, off Africa coast in 1816
• Raft with 150 people for two weeks- only 15 survived
• Rescued by Argus
• Depiction of the anti-hero-person of color is the hero
• an “X” and triangles in the composition
• shown at the salon for everyone to see

Question 15

Liberty Leading the People info.

Answer 15

• July revolution of 1830
• Charles X tried to abolish freedom of press
• Shows people trying to capture town hall
• Church of Notre Dame in the background, similar to Third of May, 1808 (convent in the background)
• anti-hero
• triangle in the composition
• Depiction of nature is the people rushing forward