ART OF

THE
ROMANTIC
(1800-1810)
PERIOD
G O YA , D E L A C R O I X , G E R I C A U LT
ROMANTICISM
• A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE ARTIST
OF NEO-CLASSICAL PERIOD SOUGHT
TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN THE
EXPRESSION OF EMOTION,BOTH
SUBLTLE AND STORMY.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTIC
PERIOD PAINTINGS:
• Shows height of action
• Emotional extremes
• Celebrated nature as out of
control
• Dramatic compositions
• Heighted sensations (life and
death moments)
 FRANCISC
O G O YA
( 1 7 4 6 - 1 8 2 6 ) S PA I N
 GOYA W AS A
COM M I SSI ONED ROMANTIC
PAINTER BY THE
KING OF SPAIN.
 HE WAS REGARDED BOTH
AS :
- THE LAST OF THE “
OLD MASTERS”
AND
THE THIRD
OF MAY
Sought to
commemorate
Spanish
resistance to
Napoleon’s
armies during
the occupation
of 1808 in the
Peninsular War.
THE BURIAL
OF
SARDINE
A Spanish
ceremony
celebrated on
Ash Wednesday.
A symbolical burial
of the past to allow
society to be
reborn, transformed
with new vigor.
SATURN
DEVO URIN
G HIS SON
Depicts the Greek
myth of the Titan,
Cronus (Saturn),
who fears that he
would be
overthrown by one
of his own children,
so he ate each one
upon their birth.
E U G E NE D E L
( 1798 - 1863
ACROIX )
FRANCE
Was considered the
greatest French
Romantic painter of all.
The most influential
of Romantic Painters.
His techniques were
eventually adapted
and extended by
Impressionist artists.
LIBERT
L EADING THE
Y
PEOPLE
Commemorat
e s the July
revolution of
1830, which
Toppled King
Charles X of
France.
JEAN LOUIS

THEODORE
GERICAULT
( 1791 -
1824
Gericault)was the first
FRANCE
French master and
the leader of the
French realistic
school.
His masterpieces
were energetic,
powerful, brilliantly
 THE RAFT OF
THE
MEDUSA
Portrays victims of
a contemporary
shipwreck.
The people on the
raft were French
emigrants in route
to west Africa.
 CHARGIN
G
His CHASSEUR
first major work
revealed the
influence of the style
of Rubens and an
interest in the
depiction of
contemporary subject
matter.
INSANE
WO M AN
A
mentally
disabled
that has a
peculiar
hypnotic
power.
GUESSING TIME ;)

G U ES S THE CORRECTWORDS TO COM P

L E T E EA C H PHRASE
THE INSANE
____ N
By
Gericault
S ____ _
DEVO URIN
G HIS SON

By
Francisco
Goya
PAIN TIN
G BY:
FRAN CIS
CO
__ Y _

The Third of
May.
THE RAFT OF
_ E ___ A

By
Gericault
 THE WOMAN
IS HOLDING
THE FL AG
OF F ___ _
_

Liberty Leading the

People.

By Delacroix.
GUIDE QUESTIONS ;)
1. What have you observed about the Romantic
Period?
2. What are some characteristics of Romantic
Paintings?
3. How does Art from the romantic period differ
from modern art made today?
GROUP WORK :D
• Make a Venn diagram or a 3-column table.
Compare and Contrast the characteristics of
Paintings made within the Romantic Period
and the Modern Paintings in the 20th Century
(today).
ART OF THE SHARED ART OF THE 20th CENTURY
ROMANTIC CHARACTERISICS
PERIOD