Romanticism Art Period

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A1 Describe the earlier period. 1) Romanticism began in Europe around 1800 and flourished until mid-century. It emphasized emotion and extreme passion in opposition to the rigid reason and ordered required in earlier periods. The American and French Revolutions along with the Industrial Revolution period ending caused an increase in politics to be portrayed through the arts. Concern for the well-being of others, encouragement of emotions, and awareness of the world became a cultural movement in the arts (MindEdge, Inc., 2014). The era of Romanticism was a reforming movement, it has been described as an encompassing movement to include the practicality of thinking encouraged by earlier periods but also encourage the irrationality that strong emotion could bring (Heath, 2005) A1 Describe the style and characteristics 2) The Romanticism period preached authenticity, integrity and spontaneity. It was “artistic and intellectual assertion of the extremes in the human psyche” and eschewed earlier period’s beliefs that reason and logic were the only true ways to understanding (Heath, 2005). No one style prevailed, except artistic license. The unrestrained and expressive brushwork combined with the radiant colors conveyed the individuality, strong emotions and passions in the portrayals of nature and human subjects alike (MindEdge, Inc., 2014). Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (Friedrich, 1818) highlighted the awe inspiring beauty and mystery of nature while implying the insignificance of man against nature. Acts of nature that could not be controlled were common landscape portrayals. J.M.W. Turner use of vivid colors through watercolor techniques with oil paint brought both mystery and emotion to his work as he was able to show nature as a beautiful and awesome force to be dealt with in his paintings Slave Ship (1840) and Dutch Boats in a Gale (1801). Biblical,
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