ART PERIODS
SEMESTER 2
Romanticism (1765-1850)
Subjects: medieval subjects, powerful nature, imagination over realism
Techniques:
Notable Artists: Friedrich, Goya, Géricault, Turner, Constable, Delacroix, Bierstadt
Etc.: art that celebrates passions, intense personal expression, melancholy, hopelessness, despair
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Wanderer Above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich
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The Third of May 1808Francisco Goya
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Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault
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Rain, Steam, and SpeedJ.M.W. Turner
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The Hay WainJohn Constable
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The Valley of YosemiteAlbert Bierstadt
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Cemetery EntranceCaspar David Friedrich
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The Milkmaid of BordeauxFrancisco Goya
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Death at SardanapalusThéodore Géricault
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The Fighting TemeraireJ.M.W. Turner
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Salisbury MeadowsJohn Constable
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Emigrants Crossing the PlainsAlbert Bierstadt
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Two Men Contemplating the MoonCaspar David Friedrich
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The MadhouseFrancisco Goya
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Massacre at ScioThéodore Géricault
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The Slave ShipJ.M.W. Turner
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Flatford MillJohn Constable
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Looking Up the Yosemite ValleyAlbert Bierstadt