THIS PRESENTATION IS ALL ABOUT The Arts of the Neoclassic and the Romantic Period

1. The Arts of the Neoclassic
and the Romantic Period

2. NEOCLASSICAL
ART
Many artists during the
mid-17th
century profited
much from the nobles and the
royals. They did this by catering
to the vanities and
extravagance of the rich people
during those times as they
were commissioned to paint for
them.

3. NEOCLASSICAL
ART
• Neoclassical art appears
calm and clear. Although
feelings are restrained, the
expression looks complete.
• Neoclassical art was a
movement that revived the
ancient ideals of Greece and
Rome in painting, sculpture,
and architecture

4. ROMANTIC ARTS

5. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the
Romantic Period?
• The arts during the
Romantic period were
expressive of intense
feelings.
• The artists were highly
imaginative and
emotional.
• Their works had a kind
of mystic and dreamlike
quality.

6. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the Romantic
Period?
• During the 18th
century, feelings or
emotion began to be
considered more
important than
reason. This was
shown in other forms
of art like literature.

7. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the
Romantic Period?
• In addition to
reasons, feelings and
imagination began to
strongly reflect in the
visual arts

8. The Oath of the Horatii Liberty Leading the
People

9. DETERMINE whether the Artwork is Neoclassical
or Romantic.
The Death of Socrates
The Gleaners, 1857

10. DETERMINE whether the Artwork is Neoclassical
or Romantic.
The Raft of the Medusa
Cupid and Psyche

11. DETERMINE whether the Artwork is Neoclassical
or Romantic.
Liberty Leading the People
Napoleon I on His Imperial
Throne

12. DETERMINE whether the Artwork is Neoclassical
or Romantic.
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Neapolitan Fisher Girls,
Surprised, Bathing in Moonlight

13. The Famous Artists of
Neoclassical Period

14. Jacques-Louis David
(1748-1825) - French
Although born to wealthy parent,
David chose to work with the
revolutionaries of his time. He had
excellent education in art and literature.
This made him the chief propagandist of
the militant intellectuals who aimed to
overthrow the French monarchial system.
David was highly educated in
classical culture and literature. He used
his great knowledge in Roman and Greek
cultures in expressing his political views
against the French monarchial system.

15. The Death of Socrates
He portrayed the
grandeur of characters
of the ancient Greek
and Romans in defining
and protecting the
affairs of their particular
state.
Human characters
and virtuous actions are
powerfully conveyed.
His subject seem to
bulge out from his
canvas; thus, they
appear realistic.

16. The Oath of the
Horatii
In the Oath of
the Horatii, the
patriotic three sons
on the left firmly
saluted in the
gesture of a
gladiator who is
ready to die.

17. Jacques-Louis
David
Artistic Style
The lines and forms
are in juxtaposition of
vertical, horizontal and
diagonal lines,
The use of chiaroscuro
(the play of light and
dark) is subtly
employed to
emphasize the mood
of courage, patriotism
and brotherhood. Cupid and Psyche

18. Jacques-Louis
David
Subject
Most of his subjects
are his ideal heroes.
Central figure in his
works is always a
man or men who
dominated the
whole scene.
Cupid and Psyche

19. Jean Auguste
Dominique Ingres (1780-
1867) - French
Ingres was a student of David.
Ingres, however, did not join the militant
movement like his teacher. Though not a
revolutionary, Ingres had strong admiration
to the strong personality of the post
revolution leader, Emperor Napoleon.
Ingres was a highly gifted artist. He
went to Rome as a scholar. His academic
success went as far as being appointed
President in the most prestigious art
university in France, the Ecole des Beaux
Arts.

20. Oedipus and the
Sphinx
One of Ingres’
favorite subjects is the
heroes of the Greek
myths. He loved to paint
the gestures that show the
ideas of righteousness and
courage by the Greeks and
Romans.

21. Napoleon I on His
Imperial Throne
Ingres’ admiration
for the imposing
personality of Emperor
Napoleon I is shown in
this majestic pose of the
leader.

22. Jean Auguste
Dominique Ingres
– Art Motif
Religion, history,
and Greek myths as
most motif of almost
all of his masterpieces.

23. Jean Auguste
Dominique Ingres –
Artistic Style
The content of his
paintings are well combined
by the colors and direction
of lines.
 Used smooth textures to
express elegance.
Uses neutral earth colors to
depict antiquity and helps
him to express the nostalgic
mood of the remote past.

24. Francisco Jose de Goya
(1746-1828) – Spanish Artist
One of the greatest artists in Spain
He studied in Rome, which made him a
master artist.
He became the official painter of the
royal court of King Charles IV when he
went back to Spain.
 As he grew old, he became aloft and
very critical of the social and political
events of his time.

25. The Third of May
Goya effectively
portrayed emotions of
disappointment and
disgust over the
killings of ordinary
Spaniards by French
soldiers in this
painting.
The colors he
used suggest strong
aversion, cold carnage,
and nauseating horror.

26. Doña Isabel de Porcel
As a court painter, Goya
successfully portrayed the
dignified elegance and
composure of Doña Isabel de
Porcel, the 2nd
wife of his
friend Antonio de Porcel.

27. Francisco Jose de
Goya – Subjects
Portraits of the
nobilities, socio-political
events of his time,
paranormal phenomena
like ghosts and witches

28. Francisco Jose de
Goya – Artistic Style
Goya is highly skillful in using
colors to reveal the characters
of his subjects.
 He had special ways in
handling the intensity of the
values of color.
 His directions of diagonal,
vertical, and horizontal lines
jives well with the colors and
perspective in imparting a
horrible scene.

29. ROMANTIC PERIOD

30. ROMANTIC ART
Romanticism in art
extends from about
1800 to 1850 in Europe
and in America.

31. ROMANTIC ART
•The word romantic
originally referred to
something “romance-
like.” This means one that
resembled the strange
and fanciful character of
medieval romances.

32. ROMANTIC ART
•The term romanticism,
on the other hand, is a
movement in art and
literature during the
late 18th
and early 19th
centuries.

33. ROMANTIC PERIOD

34. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the
Romantic Period?
• The arts during the
Romantic period were
expressive of intense
feelings.
• The artists were highly
imaginative and
emotional.
• Their works had a kind
of mystic and dreamlike
quality.

35. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the Romantic
Period?
• During the 18th
century, feelings or
emotion began to be
considered more
important than
reason. This was
shown in other forms
of art like literature.

36. What are the ideas,
moods, and messages
that are conveyed by the
artworks of the
Romantic Period?
• In addition to
reasons, feelings and
imagination began to
strongly reflect in the
visual arts

37. What are the influences of
the Romantic Movement on
the succeeding art
movements?

38. The Romantic Movement
affected the moral, social,
and political life of the
Europeans and Americans
for almost half a century
(1800-1850).
It became the visual,
musical, and literary
expression of man’s basic
rights and his exercise of
freedom.

39.  The Romantic Movement
contributed in the
development of
nationalistic pride.
It was used as a way of
expressing the superiority
of the senses and
emotions over reason and
intellect.

40. A more direct influence
of Romanticism was
Symbolism,
refined or intensified the
romantic characteristics of
highlighting emotions,
imagination and dreamlike
qualities.

41.  Romanticism continues to
influence the 20th
century
Expressionism and
Surrealism.
 This is shown to
Romanticism’s basic
principle of originality, self-
expression, and artistic
freedom.

42. The Famous Artists of
Romantic Period

43. Eugene Ferdinand
Victor Delacroix
(1798-1863) - French
To achieve his purpose,
Delacroix loved to paint the
climax of historical events and
social activities.
He used thick and rough
paints in texture and subtly put
colors in perfect harmony to
point the noble and
courageous actuations of men.

44. Eugene Ferdinand
Victor Delacroix
(1798-1863) -
French
Liberty Leading the
People

45. Eugene Ferdinand
Victor Delacroix
(1798-1863) - French
Subject – Delacroix used his
art in expressing his
sympathy and appreciation
of the works of the masses or
the common men. Thus one
of his favorite subjects was
the activities of the common
men.

46. Eugene Ferdinand
Victor Delacroix
(1798-1863) - French
Art Style – To display the
energy that is present in the
activities of common men, he
used swirling, curved lines
and strong colors to convey
motions.

47. Theodore Gericault
(1791-1824)
• A major artist during the
French Romantic
movement.
• Well-known to portray
battle through paintings of
suffering and endurance
rather than heroism and
glory.

48. Theodore
Gericault
(1791-1824)
The Raft of the
Medusa

49. Jean Francois
Millet - French
• He is famous for painting
scenes of rural life.
• His painting, “The
Gleaners, (1857)” has thick
strokes of paint which
makes the scene appear as
harsh as the difficult life of
the farmers in his
community

50. Jean Francois
Millet - French
The Gleaners, 1857

51. J.M.W. Turner
• English Romantic painter,
printmaker and watercolourist.
• He is known for his expressive
colouring, imaginative
landscapes and turbulent, often
violent marine paintings.

52. J.M.W. Turner
• Considered as the first major
artist to paint outdoor.
• This manner of painting in
the open air or “plein-air” in
French became popular in
France in the mid-19th
century.

53. J.M.W.
Turner
Neapolitan Fisher
Girls, Surprised,
Bathing in
Moonlight