"Lion Hunt" by Eugene Delacroix

1. "Lion Hunt" by Eugene Delacroix • Mood? • Color? • Subject? • Texture? • Space? • Balance?

2. "Fury" by Eugene Garin • Mood? • Color? • Subject? • Texture? • Space? • Balance?

3. “Saturn" by Francisco de Goya • Mood? • Color? • Subject? • Texture? • Space? • Balance?

4. Romanticism The Voice of Passion and Reason What is Romanticism? Romanticism is an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century in Europe.

5. Remember, 18th century….all about human reason Romanticism is about emotion Romanticism….why?

6. Concerns of Romanticism • Romantic artists were concerned about themselves • emotions • reactions to their world • own individuality

7. 5 I’s of Romanticism • Intuition • Imagination • Innocence • Inspiration from supernatural and from nature • Inner experience

8. Characteristics of Romanticism • rejected 18th century predecessors emphasis on reason • explored power of dreams and the subconscious • deepening appreciation of the beauties of nature

9. natural universe was mysterious world of its own believed in “remoteness” of time or place Characteristics of Romanticism

10. Characteristics of Romanticism • Romantics stressed • strong emotion • imagination • freedom from classical correctness in art forms • rebellion against social conventions • senses over intellect

11. Characteristics of Romanticism • Romantics Rejected • order • calmness • balance • idealization • rationality

12. Two Ways of Finding HigherTruth 1. Find truth by searching in exotic and faraway settings, possibly in the supernatural realm or in old legends. 2. Find truth through contemplating the natural world (for example, the inspiration found in a flower).

13. Romantics had a predilection for ╬ The Exotic ╬ The Remote ╬ The Occult ╬ The Monstrous ╬ The Weird ╬ The Diseased ╬ The Mysterious ╬ And even the Satanic

14. Democratic Lord Byron and Delacroix supported liberalism HOWEVER Conservative because they distrusted human reason Political views of Romanticism

15. “Spirit of the Age”It all began in England…British Romantic Poets and Writers

16. English Romanticism • William Wordsworth (1770-1850) • founder of English Romantic movement • witnessed revolutionary France • inspired by political idealism “Bliss was it, in that dawn to be alive.”

17. English Romanticism • William Wordsworth (1770-1850) • later part of French Revolution disturbed him • withdrew to the English countryside • 1799 lived in Lake District (his poetry made it famous)

18. Percy Bysshe Shelley • English Romantic poet who rebelled against English politics and conservative values • expelled from Oxford for atheist beliefs • died mysteriously in 1822 • married Mary Wollstonecraft • encouraged his wife, Mary Shelley, to write fiction • What book?

19. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein • Dr. Frankenstein • creates monster in his lab • complex work of nature and science • concern that science is growing out of control • suggests maternal love is possibly key to happiness

20. English Romanticism • Lord Byron (1788-1824) • led an unconventional life • mysterious and gloomy heroes in his books • romantic melodrama

21. English Romanticism • John Keats (1795-1821) • Eve of Saint Agnes • Ode to a Nightingale • Ode to Autumn -died at the age of 26 from tuberculosis

22. “The Horrors of War”Emotion in Romantic Painting

23. Francisco de Goya • 1808 French troops take over Spain • 1814 were driven out and Goya was commissioned to remember the atrocities in Madrid

24. Francisco de Goya • His works • uses emotions to show the horrors of war • agonized victims • light of torches on victims while executions lie in the shadows

26. Romantic Painting in France

27. Raft of the Medusa by Gericault (French government ship, wrecked off the coast of Africa in 1816)

28. Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) • greatest of all French Romantic artists • used color and combination to create emotion

29. “Massacre at Chios” by Delacroix • a.k.a. Massacre #1 • Romantic political protest • Turkish slaughter of 20,000 Greeks on island of Chios in 1824 • drew inspiration from Lord Byron “To set fire to yourself, remember certain passages from Byron”

30. The Death of Sardanapalus (1826) • a.k.a. Massacre No. 2 • bored, luxurious Assyrian king atop his own funeral pyre • has his possessions, slaves, and wives all destroyed and burned rather than give them to the enemy • dreamlike quality • and remember…he was a fan of Lord Byron…

31. From Sardanapalus (act I, sc. 2) by Lord Byron Think'st thou there is no tyranny but thatOf blood and chains? The despotism of vice--The weakness and the wickedness of luxury--The negligence--the apathy--the evilsOf sensual sloth--produces ten thousand tyrants,Whose delegated cruelty surpassesThe worst acts of one energetic master,However harsh and hard in his own bearing.

32. Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) • young French liberal • used violent lighting to enhance emotions • used painting to expose scandal

33. Romantic Music • music, like painting, could release emotion • bridged classical and romantic periods

34. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) • Romanticist because “he withdraws increasingly within himself…..reveals only his subjective thoughts and pays heed to nothing but his own inspiration”

35. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) • very dramatic composer • often knocked down candles during performance • music helped popularize the piano • enjoyed wealth and fame (unlike Mozart)

36. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) • before losing his hearing learned classical musical structures • age 32 realized deafness was incurable • contemplated suicide • continued to compose • Music searched for unity and peace • Personal emotions

37. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) • Father Moravian peasant • fused romantic poetry and music • performed in only one public concert • died at a young age, syphilis

38. Chopin • most famous composers of early 19th century • dreamy, brooding, melancholic, and fiery • performed in upper-class drawing rooms

39. Famous American Romantics

40. Ralph Waldo Emerson(1803-1882)

41. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)

42. Walt Whitman(1819-1892)

43. Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)

44. Washington Irving (1783-1859)

45. Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

46. Herman Melville (1819-1891)

47. Time for Romanticism Review! • Use your Romanticism notes! • Answer the questions! • Turn in when you’re finished!