Romanticism
Select ONE of the Romanticist artists above, Compare his art making practice to that of the Neo-Classical artist you previously studied. Refer to at least ONE artwork by BOTH artists to support your arguments.
JACQUES-LOUIS
DAVID |
Joseph Mallord
William Turner |
How are they similar?
There is not a lot that's very similar between Jacques-Louis David and Joseph Mallord William Turner's painting style and artworks because they were both heavily influenced by their own time period. The Neoclassicism art movement saw and increase in the use of canvas and oil paints that allowed for artists to build upon their artworks. This was continued into the Romanticism period where Turner has used in his artworks.
How are they different?
Confined by the strict rules set by The French Academy of Painting and Sculpture, Jacques-Louis David was told what to paint rather than paint freely. To be successful in the Neoclassical art period artists had to be firstly accepted into the Academy and secondly abide by the guidelines for art making. David began to steer away from the dark tones of the renaissance period, as evident in 'The Anger of Achilles, 1825', and began to use light and foreshortening in his artworks.
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The open ended possibilities that the Romanticists were accustomed to left artists like Joseph Mallord William Turner a world of new found subject matter. The Romanticism period was the beginning of a complete rebirth of the art world moving forward from the social order of neoclassicism and dominating religious features throughout history to the extremely emotional period of art. The subject matter can be divided into 5 categories, these include:
- Individualism - Irrationalism - Imagination - Nature - connection to the renaissance - Subjectivism Basically the Romanicisim looked more closely at human emotion rather than intellect, this is evident in Turner's artwork 'Fishermen at Sea', which takes away a religious element and adds a sense of normality to the work that Romanticist strived for. |