Romantic Art
This artistic movement began in Europe in the late 1700s and emphasized emotion, nature, and individual expression.
What is Romantic Art?
This 19th-century art movement focused on objective, detailed portrayals of everyday life and social issues.
What is Realism?
This Neoclassical artist was the official painter of Napoleon and created "Oath of the Horatii."
Who is Jacques-Louis David?
This art style, known for its light, elegant, and ornate decoration, emerged in early 18th century France.
What is Rococo?
This term describes the powerful and awe-inspiring quality often depicted in Romantic art.
What is the sublime?
This German painter is known for mysterious landscapes and symbolism, including the famous work "The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog."
Who is Caspar David Friedrich?
Romanticism celebrated this emotional and imaginative aspect, often portraying nature's sublime power.
What is individualism and emotion?
Neoclassical art is inspired by the art of these ancient civilizations.
What are ancient Greece and Rome?
The famous Rococo painting "The Swing" was created by this artist.
Who is Jean-Honoré Fragonard?
This artistic concept refers to the personal, emotional, and imaginative expression emphasized in Romanticism.
What is individualism?
Romantic artists rejected the strict rules of this earlier art style focused on reason and order.
What is Neoclassicism?
Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet are key artists of this movement focusing on the working class.
What is Realism?
This architectural style features columns, symmetrical designs, and clean geometric shapes, popular in government buildings.
What is Neoclassical architecture?
Rococo art is characterized by these soft, gentle color tones.
What are pastel colors?
Neoclassical art often idealizes these, depicting them as perfectly beautiful forms.
What are human figures?
This painting by Eugène Delacroix depicts a dramatic scene of revolution and is titled after a call for freedom.
What is "Liberty Leading the People"?
"Liberty Leading the People" embodies this art movement's ideals of emotion and revolution.
What is Romanticism?
Neoclassical art emphasizes these qualities instead of emotion and imagination.
What are order, balance, and rational thinking?
Rococo design often includes these curved, nature-inspired decorative elements.
What are rocaille (rock and shell work) and flowing lines?
This term describes the balanced design and arrangement of elements in Neoclassical art.
What is symmetry or composition?
Romantic art often featured this type of natural scenes, including powerful storms, mountains, and mysterious fog.
What are dramatic landscapes?
Realism and Romanticism both reacted against these, the dominant artistic norms before the 19th century.
What are previous artistic norms or traditional academic styles?
This sculpture medium, perfected in Neoclassicism, features smooth, white marble statues.
What is marble sculpture?
This social change contributed to the decline of Rococo and the rise of Neoclassicism around 1780.
What is the French Revolution?
This 19th-century scientific theory influenced art by challenging traditional beliefs about nature and evolution
What is Darwin's theory of evolution or natural selection?