Romanticism in Art & Design

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Gothic Revival

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an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval forms, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time.

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Romanticism

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an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe and strengthened in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part, it was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature

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William Blake: Newton (1795-1805)

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Francisco Goya: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1796)

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Théodore Géricault: The Raft of the “Medusa” (1818-1819)

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Charles Barry & A.W.N. Pugin: Houses of Parliament, London (1836-1860)