Romanticism

1. ROMANTICISM ( 1800 – 1810)
Romanticism > is a movement in which the artists of
neo-classical period sought to break a new ground in
the expression of emotion, both subtle and stormy.
> It embraced a number of distinctive
themes, such as longing for history, supernatural
elements, social injustices, and nature.
> Landscape painting became more
popular due to the people’s romantic adoration of
nature.

2. Characteristics:
 shows the height of action
 emotional extremes
celebrated nature as out of control
 dramatic compositions
 heightened sensation

3. •Romantic Painters
and
their Paintings

4. Romantic Paintings
1. Jean Louis Theodore
Gericault
 Is the first French master
and the leader of the
French realistic school.
 His masterpieces are
energetic, powerful,
brilliantly colored, and
tightly composed.

5. Famous Artworks:
The Raft of Medusa
> Portrays the victims of a
contemporary
shipwreck. The people
on this raft were French
emigrants en route to
West Africa.

6. Charging Chasseur
> His first major work
revealed the influence of
the style of Rubens and
an interest in the
depiction of
contemporary subject
matter.

7. Insane Woman
> He made of the mentally
disabled that has a
peculiar hypnotic
power.

8. 2. Eugene Delacroix
 considered the greatest
French Romantic painter
of all.
 the most influential to
the most of the Romantic
painters

9. Famous Artworks:
Liberty Leading the People
> This painting
commemorates the July
Revolution of 1830,
which toppled King
Charles X of France. A
woman personifies
Liberty and leads the
people forward over the
bodies of the fallen,
holding the flag of the
French Revolution.

10. Dante and Virgil in Hell
> A significant
inspiration from
literature and authors
such as Dante Alighieri
and William
Shakespeare

11. Massacre at Chios
> It pictured an incident
in which 20, 000
Greeks were killed by
Turks on the island of
Chios.

12. 3. Francisco Goya
 Is a commissioned
Romantic painter by the
King of Spain.
 He is also a printmaker
regarded as both as the
last of the Old Masters
and the first of the
Moderns.

13. Famous Artworks:
The Third of May
> This painting
commemorates
Spanish resistance to
Napoleon’s armies
during the occupation
of 1808 in the
Peninsular War.

14. Saturn Devouring His son
> This artwork depicts
the Greek myth of
Titan Cronus who fears
that he would be
overthrown by one of
his children, so he ate
each one upon their
birth.

15. The Burial of Sardine
> Was a Spanish ceremony
celebrated on Ash
Wednesday and was a
symbolical burial of the
past to allow society to
be reborn, transformed
with new vigor.

16. Landscape Painting
 Landscape painting depicts the physical world that
surrounds us and includes features such as
mountains, valleys, vegetation, and bodies of water.
 Landscape art ranges from highly detailed and
realistic to impressionistic, romantic , and idealized.

17. Famous Landscape artists
1. Theodore Rousseau

18. Der Kleine Fischer

19. Landscape with a Plowman

20. 2. Jean-Baptiste-Camille-
Corot

21. The Church of Marissel

22. Le repos sous les saules

23. Romantic Sculptors
and
their sculptures

24. Romantic Sculpture
1. Francois Rude
 was best known for his
social art which
inspires and captures
the interest of a broad
public.

25. Departure of the Volunteers

26. Jeanne D’ Arc

27. 2. Antoine-Louis Barye
 was the famous animal
sculptor of all time, studied
the anatomy of his subjects
by sketching residents of the
Paris Zoo.

28. Hercules Sitting on a Bull

29. Theseus Slaying the Minotaur

30. Gothic Revival Architecture
Gothic revival is also referred to as Victorian Gothic or
Neo-Gothic.
 Feature castellation which is characterizing
crenellated walls and towers in imitation of
medieval castles.
 Gothic Revival became widely used in churches and
civic buildings throughout the West esp. Great
Britain and the United States.

31. Architects who used Neogothic Style
• Charles Barry
> Is the name behind
Britain’s foremost
Gothic Revival
Monument the
Westminter Palace
Westminter Palace

32. James Renwick
 Has his crowning
American work, the St.
Patrick’s Cathedral

33. Neo-classicism
and Romanticism
in the Philippines

34. Here in the Philippines, the ideology of
Neoclassicism and Romanticism can be seen
through various major artworks such as
paintings, sculptures and architectural
structures.
Some of the well-known contributing artists
express their skills and ideas in their own
respective field of specialization.

35. • Felix Resurreccion
Hidalgo y Padilla
(1855-1913)
> Was acknowledged as
one of the great Filipino
painters of the late 19th
century and also
significant in Philippine
history.

36. The Christian Virgins being
exposed to the Populace
This painting portrays
two scantily clothed
Christian female
slaves being mocked
by a group of boorish
Roman male
onlookers.

37. Juan Luna y Novicio
(1857-18990
> was a painter and
sculptor and he
became one of the first
recognized Philippine
artists.
> A political activist of the
Philippine Revolution

38. Spolarium
> This painting is a Latin
word referring to the
basement of the
Roman Colosseum
wherein the fallen and
dying gladiators are
dumped and devoid of
their worldly
possessions.

39. • Fernando Cueto Amorsolo
(1892-1972)
• > Was a National Artist in
Painting.
> Was a portraitist and
painter of Rural Philippine
landscapes.

40. Planting rice with Mayon Volcano

41. • Guillermo Estrella
Tolentino (1890-1976)
• Was named National
Artist for the Visual Arts
in 1973 and is hailed as
the “Father of Philippine
Arts.”

42. U.P. Oblation

43. Pambansang Bantayog ni Andres Bonifacio

44. . Napoleon Isabelo Veloso
Abueva
 Is a National Artist for
Sculpture
 Was entitled as the “Father
of Modern Philippine
Sculpture”

45. Siyam na Diwata ng Sining

46. Kiss of Judas

47. •Let’s have a
review ..…

48. Identify the
following
Romantic artists

54. Now, let us have
the famous
artworks during
the Romantic
Period

66. Prepare for a
quiz

67. Identification:
1. He was a commissioned Romantic painter by the King of
Spain. He was also a printmaker regarded both as the last
of the “Old Masters” and the first of the “Moderns”.
2. Goya’s masterpiece that sought to commemorate Spanish
resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the occupation of
1808 in the Peninsular War.
3. This painting of Eugene Delacroix commemorates the July
Revolution of 1830 which toppled King Charles X of
France. A woman holding the flag of the French
Revolution personifies Liberty and leads the people
forward over the bodies of the fallen.
4. He was a painter and sculptor, who became one of the
first recognized Philippine artists and one of his famous
masterpieces is the Spolarium.

68. 5. He was a National Artist in Painting. He was a
portraitist and painter of rural Philippine
landscapes.
6. He was a Filipino sculptor who was named
National Artist for the Visual Arts in 1973, and is
hailed as the “Father of Philippine Arts”.
7. He is a National artist for Sculpture. He was
entitled as the “Father of Modern Philippine
Sculpture”
8. It is one of the famous works of Guillermo
Tolentino and became the trademark of the
prestigious institution of the University of the
Philippines.

69. Identify the Romantic artists

73. Identify the following artworks

79. Enumeration:
29 – 30. Name the two architects who used
Neogothic style.
31 – 35. List down the five Neoclassicism and
Romantic artists of the Philippines.