Paintings of

Neoclassical &
Romantic
Period: Influence to
Philippine Art

Patrick Dinson B. Tolentino

Practice teacher
BBTLED 4-1
Look closely to
the paintings of
Delacroix and
David. Come
up with 3-5
words/phrases
that would
describe each
of the
artworks..
Neoclassical and
Romantic styles are very
different from each other
Difference between
neoclassical and
Romantic Style
ELEMENT
S
 VALUES
NEOCLASSICIS ROMANTISIM
MOrder, solemnity Intuition, emotion,
imagination
 INSPIRATIO
N
NEOCLASSICIS
M
ROMANTISIM
Classical Rome, Subjective,
patriotism, courage, spontaneous,
honor nonconformist
 TONE
NEOCLASSICIS ROMANTISIM
M
Calm, rational Subjective,
spontaneous, non-
conformist
 SUBJECTS
NEOCLASSICIS ROMANTISIM
M
Greek and Roman Legends, exotica,
history nature, violence
 TECHNIQU
M
ES
NEOCLASSICIS ROMANTISIM
Stressed drawings Unrestrained, rich
with lines, not color; color; visible
no trace of brushstrokes
brushstrokes
 ROLE OF ART
NEOCLASSICIS ROMANTISIM
MMorally uplifting, Dramatic, carry
inspirational viewer away
 COMPOSITION
ROMANTISIM
NEOCLASSICIS
M Most figures in Use of diagonal,
foreground crowded
compositions
 TEXTURE
ROMANTISIM
NEOCLASSICIS
M Smooth, no
Often has visible
brushstrokes can be
brushstrokes
seen
 COMPOSITION
ROMANTISIM
NEOCLASSICIS
M Most figures in Use of diagonal,
foreground crowded
compositions
 NEOCLASSIC
PAINTING
(Portraits/Figures)
― Irene M. Pepperberg
 JACQUES-LOUIS
DAVID
FRANCE
Jacques-Louis David was an influential
French painter in the Neoclassical style
and considered to be the pre-eminent
painter of the era. His subjects of
paintings were more on history.
THE DEATH OF MARAT David’s masterpiece
shows the portrayal of
a revolutionary martyr.
This is a painting of the
murdered French
revolutionary leader
Jean-Paul Marat.
 The painting that
showed a strongly
idealized view of the
real crossing that
Napoleon and his
army made across
the Alps through the
Great St. Bernard
NAPOLEON CROSSING
THE ALPS
Pass in May 1800.
 It is a large painting that
depicts a scene from a Roman
OATH OF THE HORATII legend about the dispute
between Rome and Alba
Longa. The three brothers, all
of whom appear willing to
sacrifice their lives for the
good of Rome, are shown
saluting their father who holds
their swords out for them
 JEAN-AUGUSTE-
DOMINIQUE
INGRES
FRANCE
Ingres was a pupil of Jacques Louis
David. He was influenced by Italian
Renaissance painters like Raphael,
Nicolas Pousin, Botticelli, and his
mentor, Jacques Louis David.
 JEAN-AUGUSTE-
DOMINIQUE
INGRES
His paintings were usually nudes,
portraits and mythological themes.
He was regarded as one of the great
exemplars of academic art and one
of the finest Old Masters of his era.
 The painting depicts Napoleon
PORTRAIT OF NAPOLÉON
in his decadent coronation
ON THE IMPERIAL costume, seated upon his
THRONE golden encrusted throne, hand
resting upon smooth ivory balls.
During his reign, the painting
was owned by the Corps
Legislatif which was a part of
the French Legislature. The
painting was believed to be
commissioned by Napoleon as
King of Italy
THE APOTHEOSIS OF The painting was a state-
HOMER commission by Charles X
to have him remembered
in the building works of
the Louvre. The painting
depicts an image of
Homer, receiving all the
brilliant men of Rome,
Greece, and
contemporary times.
 ROMANTIC
PAINTING
(Portraits/Figures)
― Irene M. Pepperberg
JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE
GÉRICAULT
the first French master and the
leader of the French realistic
school. His masterpieces are
energetic, powerful, brilliantly
colored, and tightly composed
 The Raft of the Medusa
THE RAFT OF MEDUSA portrays the Victims of a
contemporary shipwreck.
The people on this raft
were French emigrants en
route to West Africa
 The Charging Chasseur,
or An Officer of the
Imperial Horse Guards
Charging is an oil painting
on canvas of about 1812 by
the French painter
Théodore Géricault,
portraying a mounted
Napoleonic cavalry officer
who is ready to attack
CHARGING CHASSEUR
The Charging Chasseur,
or An Officer of the
Imperial Horse Guards
Charging is an oil painting
on canvas of about 1812 by
the French painter
Théodore Géricault,
portraying a mounted
Napoleonic cavalry officer
who is ready to attack
INSANE WOMAN
 The Charging Chasseur,
or An Officer of the
Imperial Horse Guards
Charging is an oil painting
on canvas of about 1812 by
the French painter
Théodore Géricault,
portraying a mounted
Napoleonic cavalry officer
who is ready to attack
CHARGING CHASSEUR
FRANCISCO GOYA
● a commissioned Romantic painter
by the King of Spain. He is also a
printmaker regarded both as the
last of the “Old Masters” and the
first of the “Moderns”.
●
 The "Burial of the
The Burial of sardine
Sardine" is a Spanish
ceremony which is
celebrated on Ash
Wednesday and is a
symbolical burial of the
past to allow society to
be reborn, transformed
and with new vigor.
 This is Goya’s
THE THIRD OF MAY masterpiece sought
to commemorate
Spanish resistance
to Napoleon's armies
during the
occupation of 1808 in
the Peninsular War.
 This artwork depicts the
Greek myth of the Titan
Cronus (Saturn), who
fears that he would be
overthrown by one of his
children, ate each one
upon their birth.

SATURN DEVOURING HIS

SON
 Eugène Delacroix
He was the most influential to the most
of Romantic painters and eventually,
his technique was adopted and
extended by the Impressionist artist s.

LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE (E. Delacroix)
(Huyghe 2021)
This painting
commemorates the July
Revolution of 1830, which
toppled King Charles X of
France. A woman
personifies Liberty and
leads the people forward
over the bodies of the
fallen, holding the flag of the
French Revolution.
Famous landscape artists during the
Romantic Period

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LES SAULE (
J. Corot)
(Moulavasili n.d.)
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 THE CHURCH OF
MARISSEL (J. Corot)
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