Lecture 16: Early 19th Century Romanticism

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Slide List

Examples of Unknown:
- Bernini, Apollo & Daphne
- de Hooch, Mother At The Cradle
Romanticism: What is it? Closely allied to Neoclassicism, heroism, dignity, sympathy of "ordinary" mortals.
- West, Death of Wolfe, 1770/ Houdon, George Washington
- Stuart, Lansdowne Washington/2 more slides for comparison.
- Trumbull, Battle of Bunker Hill/ Declaration of Independence.
- Boullee Projects, 1783.
  - Newton's Cenotaph
  - Egyptian Style Cenotaph
- David
  - Oath of the Horatii, 1784-5/ Exhibition Lithograph
  - The Death of Marat, 1793.
Heroization of Napoleon:
- Gros, Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa
- David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps
- Ingres, Napoleon Enthroned
Reason Subservient to Passion; Cruelty:
- Goya:
  - The Sleep of Reason, 1799 {etching}.
  - Saturn Devouring One of His Children, 1820-03./detail
  - The Third of May, 1808-1814. Details: 1, 2, 3, & 4.
What can a history painting celebrate?
- Delacroix. Dante & Virgil, 1822./Liberty Leading the People. 1830.
- Gericault Raft of the Medusa, 1819.
"Others" - "Orientalism"
- Benoist, Portrait of a Black Woman, 1800.
- Ingres Odalisque with Slave, 1842.
Portraits of Professional Class
- Gainsborough Mrs. Sheridan, c.1780 / Ingres, M. Berten, 1832.