2. ROMANTICISM
-It developed in the first decades of
the 19th century, not only in art, but
also in literature and music.
-New aesthetics, whose main values
were freedom, individualism,
feelings and nationalism
- Opposed to rationalism,
proportions and universalism of
Antiquity and New Classicism.
- Admiration for the Middle Ages.
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- Favorite themes: wild nature,
exotic places, the unknown, folklore
and traditions.
The Charging Chasseur,
Théodore Géricault
3. SCULPTURE
Romantic sculptors focused on expressing feelings and movement and there was a
preference for patriotic themes.
THE MARSEILLAISE, PARIS TRIUMPHAL ARCH, NAPOLEON AWAKENING IMMORTALITY
FRANÇOIS RUDE FRANÇOIS RUDE
4. PAINTING
Main features: movement, colour and light (bright colours with loose brush-strokes and
full of light paintings) and wild natural landscapes.
-FRANCE: THÉDORORE GÉRICAULT AND EUGÈNE
DELACROIX
-GERMANY: CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
MAIN PAINTERS
- UNITED KINGDOM: JOSEPH WILLIAM TURNER
-SPAIN: VALERIANO BÉCQUER, PÉREZ VILLAAMIL
AND MARIANO FORTUNY
20. REALISM
-2nd half of the 19th century: reaction against Romanticism
- Artists wanted to reflect and describe reality: ordinary life, problems derived from industrialization,
portraits, landscapes…
SCULPTURE
CONSTANTINE MEUNIER
THE SOWER THE DOCK WORKER THE MOWER