The Swing, JeanHonor Fragonard 1767

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In 100 years, the art world went from here
The Swing, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767)
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to here.
The Absinthe Drinkers, Edgar Degas (1876)
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• Howd they do that?

Romanticism
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Lets back up minute

• Before this

And this
And this
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Came Mannerism(approx. 1520-1580)

• A period of tremendous technical accomplishment
  but of formulaic, theatrical and overly stylized
  work.
• Mannerist Art is characterized by
• a complex composition
• muscular and elongated figures in complex poses

Madonna and Child with Saints by Pontormo, 1518
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Then, more importantly, the Baroque Movement

• B

( Approx. 1580-1700) Associated with the
Catholic Counter-Reformation, characteristics of
Baroque art include overt rhetoric and dynamic
movement.
designed to express the self-confidence and
proselytizing spirit of the reinvigorated
Catholic Church.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio
(1602)
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Baroque ArtPeter Paul Rubens
The Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread and Water from
an Angel 1625-28
The Union of Earth and Water c. 1618
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Baroque ArtMichelangelo Caravaggio
The Inspiration of Saint Matthew 1602
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1600-01
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Baroque ArtDiego Velásquez
Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob 1630
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Eventually, however, the rigidity and technical
perfection of Baroque art evolved into a more
extravagant style called Rococo (and, later,
Neoclassicism).
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Rococo art
(approx 1700-1785) seen as both the climax and
fall of Baroque, this style is the visual
representation of the optimism people felt in
response to the Enlightenment.

• Characteristics
• pastel colors
• gracefully delicate curving forms
• fanciful figures
• a lighthearted mood (visually and physically).

The Toilette of Venus, François Boucher
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Finally

• Romanticism rose as a response to the
  disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of
  reason and order in the aftermath of the French
  Revolution of 1789.

Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix
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Romanticism

• Nature with its uncontrollable power,
  unpredictability, and potential for cataclysmic
  extremes, nature offered an alternative to the
  ordered world of Enlightenment thought.

Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion 1849-50,
Delacroix
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Rom
Romanticism
Nature (contd) The violent and terrifying
images of nature conjured by Romantic artists
recall the eighteenth-century aesthetic of the
Sublime.
Arabian Horses Fighting in a Stable 1860,
Delacroix
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Romanticism
In French and British painting of the period,
Romanticists rely on recurring images of
shipwrecks and other representations of man's
struggle against the awesome power of nature.
A Shipwreck by Claude-Joseph Vernet
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Romanticism

• Scenes of shipwrecks, which were particularly
  popular, culminated in 1819 with Théodore
  Gericault's strikingly original Raft of the
  Medusa.

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The Raft of the Medusa
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The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches Fuseli
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The Slave Ship Turner
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Execution of the Rebels Goya
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