Glossary Term: Romanticism
In the early 1800s, the drama,
struggle and emotion of Romanticism replaced the calm, order and sense of purpose
of Neoclassicism. New interests in exotic lands
and travel fueled Romanticism. In France, despair followed the Battle of Waterloo
in 1815 and was reflected in art of the time. Artists painted soldiers fleeing
the battlefield and scenes of death, despair and destruction. Painters chose scandalous
and tragic subjects from the news of the day and transferred, in great detail
and graphic emotion, these events to canvas.
Some of the better known artists of Romanticism are painters Theodore Gericault and Caspar David Friedrich.
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