The new bourgeois society also revolutionised the artistic tastes. Linked to the new political ideals, the art experienced a new age of development during the 19th century.

1. ART OF 19TH CENTURY
NEOCLASSICAL, ROMANTICISM, REALISM.

2. Neoclassical
• Opposed the extravagant style of baroque, considered the art of the
absolute monarchs and Ancien Regime.
• Return to the simplicity and rationality of classical art
• Neoclassical= art of the bourgeoisie. Linked to Liberalism
Pantheon of ParisTriumphal Arch of Paris

3. Palace of Courts (Madrid)

4. Jaques Louis David: “Napoleon on horseback” and “Oath of the Horatii”

5. Torregiani: The Queen Elisabeth II of Spain with veil.

6. Romanticism
• First decades of 19th century
• Linked to nationalism, opposed the strict rationality of Neoclassical
style.
• Promoted emotions, celebrate love and freedom against the
rationalism of the enlightenment.
• Predilection for the exotic and imaginary culture.
• Predilection for wild and savage nature.
• Significant artist: Delacroix, Gericault, Turner, Friedrich.

7. Delacroix: La Liberté guidant le peuple

8. Gericault: “The Raft of the Medusa”

10. Turner: “ The Storm”

11. Turner: Chichester Canal

12. Friedrich: “Wanderer above a sea fog”

13. Friedrich: “Abbey among oak trees”

14. Friedrich: “The frozen sea”

15. Realism
• Second half of 19th Century
• Linked to socialists ideas, broke with the passional expression of
romanticism, to denounce the hard reality of common people.
• Wanted to depict the reality as clear as possible.
• Interest in the lifestyle of the popular classes.
• Important artists: Coubert, Millet, Daumier.

16. Coubert: “Burial at Ornans”

17. Coubert: “The artist’s studio”

18. Coubert: “The origin of the world”

19. Coubert: Self-portrait (The desperate man)

20. Millet: “The Gleaners”

21. Millet: “The Angelus”

22. Daumier: “The third class carriage”

23. Daumier: “The uprising”