HIST - Romanticism

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exalted individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, and nature - emotions over reasons; first used by German poets to label a wider cultural movement

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Romaticism

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freedom of color takes precedence over sharply-defined forms; brushstrokes are less restrained resulting in somewhat “messy” outlines; often has visible brushstrokes

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Painterly Style

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usually painted with watercolor over prints to produce some highly imaginative and enigmatic works of art

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William Blake

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Boston-born American artist of the colonial period; famous for this portraits of important figures in colonial New England; innovative portraits that they tend to portray their subjects with artifacts

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John Singleton Copley

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French romanticist; revealed an interest in human psychology and a sense of revolt against political and social pressures

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Theodor Gerricault

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he often derived his subjects from masterworks of Western literature; paintings are characterized by large sweeps of color, lively patterns, and energetic figure groups

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Eugene Delocroix

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an English Romantic painter; known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale - the area surrounding his home: “Constable Country”

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John Constable