Romanticism
Madison Holden
Outline
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History
More pieces of work from the movement
Artists
World Map
Traits
History
• Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and
intellectual movement that originated in Europe
toward the end of the 18th century.
• It was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, it
was also a revolt against social and political
norms of the Age of Enlightenment.
• Also a reaction against the scientific
rationalization of nature.
• It was shown most strongly in the visual arts,
music, and writing, but had a major impact on
education and the natural sciences.
The wanderer above the sea of fog
• Artist: Caspar David Friedrich
• 1818 is the date of this peace
• Oil
Death of Sardanapalus
• Artist: Eugène Delacroix
• 1827 was the year.
• Oil
The Morning
• Artist: Philipp Otto Runge
• 1808 is the year
• Oil
The Lady of Shalott
• Artist: John William Waterhouse
• The year is 1888
• Oil
The Death of Chatterton
• Artist: Henry Wallis
• The year is 1856
• Oil
The Course of Empire: The Savage
State
• Artist: Thomas Cole
• 1836 is the year
• Oil
The Bard
• Artist: Thomas Jones
• The year is 1774
• Oil
Ossian receiving the Ghosts of the
French Heroes
• Artist: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
• The year is 1801
• Oil
Poem of the Soul - On the
mountain
• Artist: Louis Janmot
• 1854 is the year
• Oil
The Voyage of Life: Childhood
• Artist: Thomas Cole
• The year is 1842
• Oil
The Voyage of Life Old Age
• Artist: Thomas Cole
• The year is 1842
• Oil
The Six Artists
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Thomas Cole
Thomas Jones
Louis Jonmot
Henry Wallis
Caspar David Friedrich
Eugène Delacroix
World Map
Traits
• It mainly has cool colors like greys and blues
and occasional greens and browns.
• The lines are some what messy and actually
quite defined at the same time.
• There are patterns in what is happening in the
paintings more than in the actual painting
style itself.
• There is a lot of defined texture in the
paintings as well.