2. Romanticism
The movement stressed strong emotion as a source of
aesthetic experience, placing new emphasis on such
emotions as horror and awe—in an attempt to escape
the confines of population growth, urban sprawl and
industrialism, and it also attempted to embrace the
exotic and the unfamiliar
3. Artists
4 Main artists. Record their names and styles and
guess which paintings belong to which artist!
1. Jean-Auguste Ingres
Inspired by classicism
Focused on portraits
More erotic views of women
4. Artists
2. Francisco de Goya
Spanish, very original style, belongs to no
particular school or style
Dark, reflects real life events, oppression
3. Theodore Gericault
Fascinated by the darkness of the human spirit
More classical than Goya
powerful, provided an escape
5. Artists
4. Eugene Delacroix
Depicts epic scenes of human suffering
Emotional intensity of a movement important
Wanted to shock and thrill his viewers
