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Neoclassical Characteristics
  • Emphasis upon objective reason and forethought
  • Love of classical literature and literary forms
  • Controlled, restrained writing dealing with
    expected, typical, and familiar topics
  • Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical
    pattern
  • Love of the city and industry

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The Romantic Movement
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Background
  • Eighteenth Century 1798-1832 (later moved to US
    called Transcendentalism)
  • Time of Revolution-particularly the French
    Revolution proved influential to the artists of
    the period.
  • Romanticism reacted negatively to the excesses of
    industrialism-luddite
  • Reaction against Neoclassicism with the respect
    for rules, the individuals place in society,
    veneration of Greek and Roman traditions

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Romantic Characteristics
  • Emphasis upon subjective emotion and spontaneity
  • Love of ones own national literature and
    literary forms
  • Wild, exuberant writing dealing with unexpected,
    exotic, and foreign topics
  • Objects contrasted with each other and arranged
    asymmetrically
  • Love of the country and nature

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Ferdinand IV Angelica Kauffmann
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  • Views of Modern Rome, 18th Centuryby Giovanni
    Paolo Pannini

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Abelard Soliciting the Hand of HeloiseAngelica
Kauffmann
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  • Study of Pope Pius VII
  • Jacques-Louis David

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Joseph-Marie Vien
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  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Joseph-Marie Vien

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Bust of Napoleon by Antonio Canova
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Landscape with Sunrise over a River
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Tours SunsetJ.M.W. Turner
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Ruins by Cotman
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Joseph-Marie Vien
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Samuel Palmer
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Antoine gros
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St.Benets Abbey 1831 Cotman
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JM Turner
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Setting Sun by Friedrich
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Samuel Palmer
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A Dream in the Appeni
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Wintworth Street by Dore
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Romantic Garden Walk - David Lloyd Glover
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French Garden
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Themes of Romanticism
  • Love of nature in all of its aspects
  • Concern and sympathy for common people
  • Interest in the world of imagination especially
    the supernatural
  • Rebellion against any form of tyrannical control
  • Interest in past legends, especially the medieval
    and primitive (hermits)
  • Involvement with the lonely and melancholic,
    especially in the contemplation of eventual death
    and dissolution
  • A focus on individual feelings not intellect
  • An interest in childhood

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The Legacy of Romanticism
  • Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fri
  • Environmental awareness
  • Emotions
  • Appreciation of the common man
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