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The Romantic View of Nature

Chapter 27Humanities 103Spring 2005Beth Camp

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Getting Started

This slide show compares European romantic painters to American romantic painters. Review the slides to see the differences between these painters.– Which slides supplement the chapter best?– What are your reactions to any of these painters?– Where did you need more information?

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Looking Back: Absolute Monarchy

Height of French absolute monarchy Paintings of the “academic style”

– Nicholas Poussin, Arcadian Shepherds, 1640

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Looking Back: Enlightenment

Enlightenment or Age of Reason 18th Century Western thought: Bacon, Descartes,

Rousseau, Locke– Natural law and universal order– Scientific approach– Sense of human progress– Belief in state as rational instrument

Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

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Looking Back: Enlightenment

Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

French Revolution, 1789– Intellectual movement?– Rebellion of underprivileged? – Rising middle class?

Republic Reign of Terror Directory Napoleon

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Romanticism 1800-1850

Not a single style, technique or attitude Subjective and imaginative Emotionally intense, mystical Rebels against “classic”and “neoclassic” Emphasizes nature’s wild, mysterious, exotic,

melancholic, melodramatic aspects

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European Romantic painters

Constable (1776-1837) Turner (1775-1851) Friedrich (1774-1840) Corot (1796-1875)

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John Constable (1776-1837)

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1820)

Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)

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Constable

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Constable

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Joseph Turner (1775-1851)

Burning of the House of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834

Norham Castle, Sunrise (1835-1840)Norham Castle (detail)

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Turner

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Turner

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Turner

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Corot (1796-1875)

Morning, dance of Nymphs (1850)Orpheus leading Eurydice from

Underworld (1861)Boatman of Mortefontaine (1865-1870)

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Corot

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Corot

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Corot

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American Romantic painters

Thomas Cole (1801-1848) Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) Frederick Church (1826-1900) George Catlin (1796-1872)

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Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)

Looking Up the Yosemite Valley (1865-1867)

Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie (1866)

Seal Rock (1872)

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Bierstadt

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Bierstadt

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Bierstadt

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Frederick Church (1826-1900)

Niagara (1857)The Icebergs (1861)

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Church

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Church

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Key elements of Romanticism?

Religious attachment to natureEmphasize individual experienceSubjective rather than objectiveHuman moods = Nature’s moodsPower of nature = inspiration +

moral truth + redemption

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What’s Next?

What differences do you see between European and American romantic paintings?

How would you describe Romanticism?

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Sources:

Mark Hardin’s ARTCHIVE at http://www.artchive.com