Romanticism Art

Late 1800’s

Direct reaction to the Enlightenment

What were the 5 concepts of the Enlightenment?

Predict what the Romantic artist would stress in their artwork.

For each piece of artwork:

Evaluate and interpret the following:

Use of color- dark/light

How realistic is the painting?

Role of nature in the painting?

Does the painting evoke an emotion? If so, what?

Does the painting celebrate the individual? How?

List Similarities

Romanticism Art

Stressed the Individual

Stressed emotion

Lacked balance

Stressed man’s mastery of nature

Romantic artist felt that rational enlightened thinkers neglected a very important area of the human mind- emotion