The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 76 - 77

Question 1

Romanticism: The Power of Passion

Answer 1

• 1800-50
• got its name from revived tales called romances
• nature worship
• man and nature were seen as touched by the supernatural

Question 2

Gericault

Answer 2

• Theodore Gericault (1791-1824)
• launched Romanticism with “The Raft of Medusa”
• French art was to stress emotion rather than intellect

Question 3

Delacroix

Answer 3

• Eugene Delacroix
• became leader of the Romantic movement after Gericault’s death
• was consumed by the flame of genius
• chose his subjects from literature or from stirring topical events
• trip to Africa changed his life
• violence inspired him