Arts of the Neoclassic

and the Romantic

Period
 Famous Artists in
Neoclassical Period
 JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

• As a French painter in
the Neoclassical style, considered to be
the preeminent painter of the era.
• In the 1780’s his cerebral brand
of history painting marked a change in
taste away from Rococo frivolity toward
classical austerity and severity and
heightened feeling, harmonizing with
the moral climate of the final years of
the Ancient Régime.
The Death of Socrates
The Oath of the Horatii
 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

• (born August 29, 1780, Montauban,

France—died January 14, 1867, Paris),
painter and icon of cultural conservatism
in 19th-century France.
• Ingres became the principal proponent of
French Neoclassical painting after the
death of his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
His cool, meticulously drawn
works constituted the stylistic antithesis of
the emotionalism and colourism of the
contemporary Romantic school.
• As a monumental history painter, Ingres
sought to perpetuate the Classical
tradition of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin.
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne
 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

• He was born 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was

a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
• He is considered the most important Spanish
artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
and throughout his long career was a
commentator and chronicler of his era.
Immensely successful in his lifetime, Goya is
often referred to as both the last of the Old
Masters and the first of the moderns.
• He was also one of the great portraitists of his
time.
The Third of May
Isabel
 Romantic Period
• The word romantic originally referred
to something “romance-like”. This
means one that resembles the strange
and fanciful character of medieval
romances.
• The word came to be associated with
the increasing emphasis in aesthetic
theory during those times.
The ideas,moods,and messages that are conveyed by the
artworks of the Romantic period

• The arts during the Romantic period were expressive of intense

feelings. The artists were highly imaginative and emotional. Their
works had a kind of mystic and dreamlike quality.
• During the 18th century, feelings or emotion began to be considered
more important than reason. This was shown in other forms of art
like literature.
• In addition to reasons, feeling and imagination began to be strongly
reflected in the visual arts.
What are the influences of the Romantic
Movement on the succeeding art movements?

1. The Romantic Movement affected the moral,social, and

political life of the Europeans and Americans for almost
half century (1800-1850). It became the visual, musical,
and literary expression of man’s basic rights and his
exercise of freedom.
2. The Romantic Movement contributed in the development
of nationalistic pride. It was used as a way of expressing
the superiority of the senses and emotions over reason
and intellect.
3. Romanticism highly influenced the next form of art. A line can be
traced from Englishman watercolorist John Constable through the
Barbizon school to Impressionism.
4. A more direct influence of Romanticism was symbolism, which
had refined or intensified the romantic characteristics of
highlighting emotions, imagination, and dreamlike qualities.
5. Romanticism continues to influence the 20th century
Expressionism and Surrealism. This is shown in Romanticism’s basic
principles of originality, self-expression, and artistic freedom.
The Man with the Hoe
Jean-Francois Millet
La Grenouillère
Claude Monet
Abstraction
Jackson Pollock
The Raft of the Medusa
Theodore Gericault
 The Gleaners
Jean Francois Millet
Neapolitan Fisher Girls, Surprised, Bathing in Moonlight
J.M.W Turner