A lesson on the Arts of the Romantic Period (1800-1810) Artists: Francisco Goya (Spain), Eugene Delacroix (France), Jean Louis Theodore Gericault (France) Paintings: Goya: The third of May, The Burial of Sardine, Saturn devouring his son Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People Gericault: The raft of Medussa, Charging Chasseur, Insane Woman

1. ART OF THE
ROMANTIC
PERIOD
(1800-1810)G O YA , D E L A C R O I X , G E R I C A U LT

2. ROMANTICISM
•A MOVEMENT IN WHICH THE ARTIST
OF NEO-CLASSICAL PERIOD SOUGHT
TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN THE
EXPRESSION OF EMOTION,BOTH
SUBLTLE AND STORMY.

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTIC
PERIOD PAINTINGS:
•Shows height of action
•Emotional extremes
•Celebrated nature as out of control
•Dramatic compositions
•Heighted sensations (life and death
moments)
•Paintings focus on EMOTIONS

4. F R A N C I S C O
G O YA
( 1 7 4 6 - 1 8 2 6 ) S P A I N
GOYA WAS A COMMISSIONED
ROMANTIC PAINTER BY THE
KING OF SPAIN.
HE WAS REGARDED BOTH AS:
- THE LAST OF THE “OLD
MASTERS” AND
- - THE FIRST OF THE
“MODERNS.

5. THE THIRD
OF MAY
Sought to
commemorate
Spanish
resistance to
Napoleon’s
armies during the
occupation of
1808 in the
Peninsular War.

6. THE BURIAL
OF
SARDINE
A Spanish
ceremony
celebrated on Ash
Wednesday.
A symbolical burial
of the past to allow
society to be
reborn, transformed
with new vigor.

7. SATURN
DEVOURING
HIS SON
Depicts the Greek
myth of the Titan,
Cronus (Saturn), who
fears that he would
be overthrown by
one of his own
children, so he ate
each one upon their
birth.

8. EUGENE DEL ACROIX
(1798-1863)
FRANCE
Was considered the
greatest French Romantic
painter of all.
The most influential of
Romantic Painters.
His techniques were
eventually adapted and
extended by
Impressionist artists.

9. LIBERTY
LEADING THE
PEOPLE
Commemorate
s the July
revolution of
1830, which
Toppled King
Charles X of
France.

10. JEAN LOUIS
THEODORE
GERICAULT
(1791-1824)
FRANCE
 Gericault was the first
French master and the
leader of the French
realistic school.
 His masterpieces were
energetic, powerful,
brilliantly colored, and
tightly composed.

11. THE RAFT OF
THE MEDUSA
Portrays victims of a
contemporary
shipwreck.
The people on the
raft were French
emigrants in route to
west Africa.

12. CHARGING
CHASSEUR
His first major work
revealed the influence
of the style of Rubens
and an interest in the
depiction of
contemporary subject
matter.

13. INSANE
WOMAN
A mentally
disabled
that has a
peculiar
hypnotic
power.

14. GUESSING TIME ;)
G U E S S T H E C O R R E C T W O R D S TO C O M P L E T E E A C H P H R A S E

15. THE INSANE
_ _ _ _ N
By Gericault

16. S _ _ _ _ _
DEVOURING
HIS SON
By Francisco
Goya

17. PAINTING
BY:
FRANCISCO
_ _ Y _
The Third of May.

18. THE RAFT OF
_ E _ _ _ A
By Gericault

19. THE WOMAN
IS HOLDING
THE FLAG
OF F _ _ _ _
_
Liberty Leading the People.
By Delacroix.

20. GUIDE QUESTIONS ;)
1. What have you observed about the Romantic
Period?
2. What are some characteristics of Romantic
Paintings?
3. How does Art from the romantic period differ from
modern art made today?

21. GROUP WORK :D
•Make a Venn diagram or a 3-column table.
Compare and Contrast the characteristics of
Paintings made within the Romantic Period
and the Modern Paintings in the 20th Century
(today).

22. ART OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
SHARED CHARACTERISICS ART OF THE 20th CENTURY