Romanticism was a time after the 'enlightenment time', a time where the art being made was structured and orderly. This time ended around the late 18th Century, this is when Romanticism began and developed through into the 19th century. Some different characteristics of Romanticism can be seen through impressive landscape, by expressive art such as storms seas, tragedies, punishment, disasters, freedom of expression, war, torture, and by vast topics such as rebellion or nostalgia. Romanticism is a way of creating a dramatic scene that rebelled against the era before it and it's structure and order over society, to break away from tradition. It was the beginning of a rebellious culture and encouraged on emotion and imagination.
Francisco De Goya y Lucientes (17-80-1828), a painter famously known for his Romantic art, was a Spanish painter was is known for his scenes which portray violence and cruelty which where prompted and inspired by the French Invasion of Spain. He created 80 etchings and aquatints called "The Disasters of War" which show these scenes that he painted from the French Invasion. Goya manages to dehumanize the people in his paintings whatever party in the war they belonged to. In the artwork entitled "And they are like wild beasts", the viewer will find that it is not the french soldiers who are mentioned in the title, but instead the women who are fiercely fighting to protect themselves as well as their children. This was a clear example of Romanticism where one could see the imagination that Goya had to be able to think of the women being attacked and turn them into the attackers. The image itself also creates fierce emotions through the violence portrayed by the figures in the artwork.
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| Francisco Goya - And They Are Like Wild Beasts, c. 1810-1813. |
Other examples in Romanticism:
Ingres - The Apotheosis of Homer, 1827.
Eugene Delacroix - Death of Sardanapalus, 1827.
Aexandre Calame - Am Urnersee, 1849.
References:
Romanticism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Romanticism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
Francisco Goya - "The Disasters of War", 1810-1820 - Richard Harris Art Collection. 2013. Francisco Goya - "The Disasters of War", 1810-1820 - Richard Harris Art Collection. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.richardharrisartcollection.com/portfolio-view/francisco-goya-2/. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
Francisco De Goya - The complete works - Page 3. 2013. Francisco De Goya - The complete works - Page 3. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.franciscodegoya.net/home-3-24-1-0.html. [Accessed 20 May 2013].
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