Romanticism, 1800s 1810s

Romanticism, 1800s 1810sRomanticism was a movement in which the artist of Neoclassical period sought to break new ground in the expression of emotion, both subtle and stormy. It embraced a number of distinctive themes, such as a longing for history, super natural elements, social injustices and nature.

Landscape painting also became more popular due to the peoples romantic adoration of nature.

Romanticism was a reaction to the classical, contemplative nature of Neoclassical pieces.

Romantic Painting(Portraits/ Figures)The paintings of Romantic Period gave more emphasis on emotion. Artists expressed as much feeling and passion as it could be on a canvas

Jean Louis Theodore Garicault(1791 1824)

Garicault was the first French master and the leader of the French realistic school. His master pieces were energetic, powerful, brilliantly colored and tightly composed.

Famous Art Works

The Raft of the MedusaThe Raft of the Medusa portrays the victims of a contemporary shipwreck. The people on this raft were French emigrates en route to West Africa.

Charging ChasseurHis first work revealed the influence of the style of Rubens and an interest in the depiction of contemporary subject matter.

Insane WomanOne of several portraits Garicault made of the mentally disabled that has a peculiar hypnotic power.

Eugene Delacroix (1798 1863) FranceDelacroix was considered the greatest French Romantic painter of all. He achieved brilliant visual effects using small, adjacent strokes of contrasting color.

Liberty Leading The PeopleThis painting 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.

Francisco Goya (1746 -1828) SpainFrancisco Goya 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.

Famous Artworks

The Third of MayThe Third of May is Goyas masterpiece that sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleons armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War.

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

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

Romantic Painting(Landscaping Painting)Landscape painting depicts the physical world that surrounds us and includes features such as mountains, valleys, vegetation and bodies of water. The sky is another important element shaping the mood of landscape paintings. Landscape art ranges from high detailed and realistic to impressionistic, romantic and idealized

Famous Landscape Artist During The Romantic PeriodTheodore RousseauJean Baptiste Camille CorotThey were members of the Barbizon School ( a circle of artists who held meeting in the village of Barbizon) that led the Romantic landscape painting in France.

The Church of Marissel, near Baeauvais

Le repos sous les saules

Der kleine Fischer

Landscape with a plowman

Romantic SculptureRomantic sculpture can be divided into works that concern about the human world and those that concern the natural world. The leading sculptors of each type were Rude and Barye.

Francois Rude (1784 1855)Francois Rude was best known for his social art which aimed to inspire and capture the interest of a broad public. He rejected the classical repose on the late 18th and early 19th century French sculpture in favor of a dynamic, emotional style and created many monuments that stirred the public for generations

Famous Artworks

Departure of the VolunteersKnown as La Marseillaise, this work portrays the goddess liberty urging the forces of the French Revolution onward.

Jeanne dARCH

Antoine Louis Barye(1796 1875) FranceHe was the most famous animal sculptor of all time. He studied the anatomy of his subjects by sketching residents of the Paris zoo.Famous works:Hercules Sitting on a Bull.Theseus Slating the Minotaur.

Hercules Sitting on a BullNATIONAL MUSEUM IN WARSAW

Theseus Slaying The MinotaurBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART

Gothic Revival Architecture (Neogothic)Gothic revival, also referred to as Victorian Gothic or Neo Gothic, is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England.

Architects who used Neogothic Style:Charles Barry was the name behind Britains foremost Gothic Revival monument, the Westminster Palace (a.k.a. the House of Parliament.James Renwick Renwicks crowning American work: the St. Patricks Cathedral (New York).

Westminster Palace (London)

St. Paticks Cathedral

Neo Classicism and Romanticism in the PhilippinesHere in the Philippines, the ideology of Neoclassicism and Romanticism can be seen through various major artworks such as paintings, sculptures and architectural structures.

Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo y Padilla(1855 1913)Felix Hidalgo Was one of the Great Filipino painters of the late 19th century who was significant in the Philippine history for inspiring members of the Philippine reform movement.

The Christian Virgins being exposed to the populace

Juan Luna y Novicio (1857 1899)Juan Luna was a painter and sculptor, who became one of the first recognized Philippine artist. He was also a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century.

Spoliarium

Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1992 1972)Amorsolo was a National Artist in Painting. He was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes, and he was popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery of the use of light.

Planting Rice with Mayon Volcano

Guillermo Estella Tolentino (1890 1976)Tolentino is a Filipino sculptor who was named National Artist for the Visual Arts in 1973 and is hailed as the Father of Philippine Arts

Famous Artworks

Oblation

Pambansang Bantayog ni Andres Bonifacio

Napoleon Isabelo Veloso AbuevaAbueva is a National artist for Sculpture. He was entitiled as the Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture.Siyam na diwata ng sining

There is an article on the internet by R.G. Chan & Associates that discusses some of the Neoclassical and Romantic Architecture during the American colonization in the Philippines.

Bureau of Science and Insular Laboratory

Iloilo Customs House

Sorsogon Municipal Building

Paco Train Station

Laguna Provincial Capitol

San Fernando Provincial Hospital

Cebu Normal School

Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol

Laoag Normal School

Zamboanga Normal School

Corregidor Island

Baguio Government Center

Elks Club

Manila Post Office

Bontoc Catholic Church

American High Commission Mansion

University of the Philippines Manila

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