Agenda - Romanticism

1
Agenda - Romanticism

• Grab the handouts off the front table, you will
  return everything at the end of class except the
  guided not sheet.
• Opener Images
• Reading with Questions
• Lecture 3 slides on your own paper! The rest
  will go on the guided sheet
• Self-Portrait Project Explanation
• Exit Slip

2
OpenerAre the following paintings Neoclassical
or Romantic? Why? Explain your answer.
2
1
3
3
1.
4
2.
5
3.
6
KET Article Romanticism 1760-1870ONLY READ
THROUGH ROMANTIC!!

• 1. How did the Romantic period revolt against
  the logic and reasons of Neo- Classicism?
• 2. Did Neo-Classicism and the Romantic period
  happen at completely different times?
• 3. What were three examples of popular Romantic
  subjects?
• 4. What were some influences for the Romantic
  period?
• 5. What type of light did John Constable use to
  paint his famous landscape?
• 6. How did Goya portray the darker side of
  life?
• 7. What were romantic artistic preoccupied with?
• 8. How does sculpture become romantic during this
  period?
• 9. What were the characteristics of romantic
  architecture?
• 10. What new art form developed during this
  period?

7

• THE FIRST THREE SLIDES WILL BE ON YOUR OWN PAPER!
• THE GUIDED SHEET IS FOR THE OPENER, IMAGE STUDY,
  AND EXIT SLIP !

8
The Age of Romanticism
VISUAL ARTS
9
Romanticism what is it?

• 1760-1870
• Reaction against the reason and stillness of
  Classicism
• Return to interest in nature and an appreciation
  of freedom, emotional sentimentality, and
  spontaneity.
• Characterized by the five Is Imagination,
  Intuition, Idealism, Inspiration, Individuality
• A new interest in Medieval themes such as
  Chivalry and the supernatural

10
History - What is going on at this time?

• American and French Revolutions (1760s - 1790s)
  wars of independence and rebellion
• Industrial Revolution (1820) implementation of
  new technologies as well as the development of
  capital industries such as iron (steel), banking,
  transportation (steam engine, and later the
  trans-continental train), coal mining.
• ? increase in life expectancy which made people
  more optimistic
• The Louisiana Purchase (1803) The
  materialization of Manifest Destiny or the
  American ideal of expanding and thriving from
  coast to coast.

11
Visual Arts of the Romantic Period

• Subjects inspire emotional responses, such as
  awe and longing
• Contemporary events used to create effect of
  immediacy
• There was still use of the Classical style in
  depicting the human figure (French technique)
• Artistic interest was in the use of
  brushstrokes, light, and color to create drama.

12
Eugène Delacroix

• 1798-1863
• Born near Paris, France.
• One of the leading Romantic artists of the time
  and was beloved by France.
• Studied in England, North Africa, Spain, and
  Morocco but was commissioned primarily within
  France.
• Works can be described by expressive color in
  paintings of war and tragedy.

13
Video Option Available

• Last king of Assyria, orders the murder of his
  family and court
• members and the destruction of his possessions
  when he
• learns that he ultimately will face military
  defeat.
• Use of rich, vivid, warm colors and broad
  brushstrokes.

Death of Sardanapalus Eugène Delacroix 1828
14
John Constable

• 1776-1837
• Born in Suffolk, England.
• Famous for his Romantic landscape paintings
  many of which portray scenes from or near his
  hometown of Suffolk.
• Although his landscapes were not an ideal or
  Romantic depictions of nature, they were true to
  life through his use of pure color and light.
• Delacroix was very inspired by his work as were
  the Impressionists of the later decades.
• His philosophy on art Firstly, landscape
  painting is scientific as well as poetic
  secondly, the imagination cannot alone produce
  art to bear comparison with reality and thirdly,
  no great painter was ever self-taught.

15
What was life like in England during this time?

• What is your personal reaction to this letter?
• Identify one sentence that causes this reaction.

16
The Hay Wain John Constable
1821
17
The Hay Wain

• Painted by John Constable England
• This painting earned Constable popularity in
  France.
• The depiction of nature is Romantic through
  Constables remarkable use of pure color (red on
  the ox yellow and green used to highlight the
  field etc).
• Cleanliness of nature contrasts with the filth of
  the city during the Industrial Revolution.

• Constables response to the Industrial
  Revolution nature is glorified

18
John Singleton Copley
http//www.nga.gov/feature/watson/watsonhome.shtm

• 1738 - 1815
• Born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Famous for painting portraits of middle to
  upper-class clients
• Copley was very successful in America studied
  in England, France, Italy, and the Netherlands.
• Dramatic style was influenced by painter and
  close friend, Benjamin West.
• Family eventually moved to England during the
  peak of the Revolutionary War in America.

19
Watson and the Shark John Singleton
Copley 1778
20
Watson and the Shark

• Painted by John Singleton Copley - America
• A range of emotions are depicted on the
  individuals faces (fear, bravery, determination,
  shock).
• There is a sense of immediacy and action through
  use of diagonal line and point-of-view (viewer is
  in line with ocean and up close to sharks
  mouth).
• Watsons right leg was bitten off by the shark
  and is cut off at the bottom with a trace of red
  to signify blood.

• Story of a crew rescuing 14 year-old Brook
  Watson from a shark attack off the coast of Cuba.

21
Francisco Goya
Look for good Goya video clip

• 1746-1828
• Born in Aragón, Spain.
• He designed tapestries early in his career which
  helped him become noticed by the Spanish monarchs
  who then became his patrons. He was a court
  painter at the peak of his career and painted
  many portraits for nobles and royalty.
• Beginning in 1792, during the French Revolution,
  Goya went deaf and his works became very cynical.
  In 1798, he created a series called Los Caprichos
  which criticized Spanish monarchs, nobles, and
  even the clergy for their foolishness.
• Known for creating nightmarish visions exposing
  the evil side of human nature.

22
Is this the same man?
23
(No Transcript)
24
(No Transcript)
25
(No Transcript)
26
The Third of May 1808 Francisco
Goya 1814
27
The Third of May 1808

• Goya condemns unnecessary cruelty
• Symbolism
• - Reflective of Martyrdom Spanish civilians are
  martyrs (Christ on the cross, stigmata on right
  hand).
• - Soldiers are close to their victims unhesitant
  to fire their guns (Oath of Horatii)
• Dramatic sense of light emitted from the lantern
  that sits between the Spanish civilians and the
  French soldiers in addition to the chiaroscuro
  that adds dramaticism and depth of suspense.

• Depicts French soldiers shooting Spanish
  hostages after a Spanish revolt against
  Napoleons regime

28
Romantic Self-Portrait Homework
29
Romantic Self-Portrait Homework

• Create a Romantic self-portrait
• To get full credit you must
• entire sheet of white computer paper
• All subject matter must be romantic
• (5 Is and Nature)
• Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, Inspiration,
  Individuality
• Must use color
• Due next class
• Look at the back of the room for examples
• 20 points each plus 20 for putting together at
  the end of the unit. 100 points total

30
Exit Slip Read the passages listed below and
write down the artist and painting that
represents the quote.

• 1. Above all, lo, the sky so calm, so
  transparent after the rain, and with wondrous
  clouds, Below too, all calm, all vital and
  beautiful, and the farm prospers well Walt
  Whitman
• 2. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves,
  the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive
  sword, are portions of eternity too great for the
  eye of man. William Blake
• 3. It is the cause and not the death that makes
  the martyr- Napoleon
• 4. In the depths of sensuality Let us now
  quench our glowing passions Where disappointment
  and success Pleasure and pain may chop and
  change It is restless action makes the man.
  J. W. Goethe

31
Exit Slip Read the passages listed below and
write down the artist and painting that
represents the quote.

• 1. Above all, lo, the sky so calm, so
  transparent after the rain, and with wondrous
  clouds, Below too, all calm, all vital and
  beautiful, and the farm prospers well Walt
  Whitman The Hay Wain - Constable
• 2. The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves,
  the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive
  sword, are portions of eternity too great for the
  eye of man. William Blake Watson and the
  Shark - Copley
• 3. It is the cause and not the death that makes
  the martyr- Napoleon
• 3rd of May - Goya
• 4. In the depths of sensuality Let us now
  quench our glowing passions Where disappointment
  and success Pleasure and pain may chop and
  change It is restless action makes the man.
  J. W. Goethe
• Death of Sardanapolus - Delacroix

32
(No Transcript)