#romantic movement

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Romantic Encounter - Mihály von Zichy

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Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) "The Cemetery Entrance" (1825) Oil on canvas Romanticism Located in the Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany

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Anatomical Pieces (1819) by Théodore Géricault

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‘Her tender touch was all but a dream;

Unfurl sweet rosebud, holding morning dew,

By night the rose is gilded by frost’s gleam

What dawn proposes, dusk demeans’

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The Bard

Artist: John Martin (English, 1789–1854)

Date: circa 1817

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Description

Painted around 1817, at the height of the Romantic movement, John Martin’s version of The Bard unites the drama of the poem by Thomas Gray, published in 1757, with a vision of sublime landscape. The Bard stands amid an overwhelming and powerful landscape with ominous clouds, a raging river, and dramatic cliffs evoking the sublime, a combined sense of awe and terror, in the viewer. The Bard’s disproportionate size, particularly in comparison to the advancing troops of Edward I below, makes him seem an element of the landscape, a landmark in his own right.

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Palette of Eugene Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix, Seated Figure in Turkish Costume (Possibly Monsieur J. B. Pierret), circa 1825.

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Robert Burns, Scottish poet

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The Love Potion - Mihály von Zichy

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Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) "Gust of Wind" (c. 1872) Oil on canvas Realism Located in the National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales

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I don't belong.

...and my darling

neither do you.

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'Pagan' Ritual N.udity

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"And I will make thee beds of Roses

And a thousand fragrant posies,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;"

(The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. Christopher Marlowe.)

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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑆𝑆𝐴𝐶𝑅𝐸 𝐴𝑇 𝐶𝐻𝑂𝐼𝑆

𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑒́𝑛𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑥, 1824.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟, 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟.

𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝐴𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒, "𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒; 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑠, 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠; 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑖 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑦𝑚𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔."

𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑒́𝑛𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑥 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑃𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒. 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑥, 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 "𝑚𝑎𝑠��𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟", 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑.

𝐸𝑢𝑔𝑒́𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 1824. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑒́𝑒 𝑑𝑢 𝐿𝑜𝑢𝑣𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠.

AU NOTE - While writing this piece, I significantly referenced atxfinearts.com

I most certainly suggest exploring their website as it may appeal to your interests!

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Circe Individiosa, John William Waterhouse, 1892. Oil on canvas. Art gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. // Charcoal and brown chalk study // Charcoal and pencil study

This painting has been haunting me and @mysticalspiders so here it is in a tumblr post with some beautiful studies!