Formed in the latter half of 18th century Western Europe, Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement which competed against neoclassicism. It increased in popularity during the Industrial Revolution as It was partly a reaction against the scientific rationalisation of nature and the industrialisation of the landscape. It was also a challenge to the political and social situations of the time. Romanticism incorporated strong emotions into its artworks - for example, in landscapes which gave the viewer a sense of awe or even fear when he looked into them. The theme of... Show more

Formed in the latter half of 18th century Western Europe, Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement which competed against neoclassicism. It increased in popularity during the Industrial Revolution as It was partly a reaction against the scientific rationalisation of nature and the industrialisation of the landscape. It was also a challenge to the political and social situations of the time.

Romanticism incorporated strong emotions into its artworks - for example, in landscapes which gave the viewer a sense of awe or even fear when he looked into them. The theme of nature untamed was a common one in the Romantic movement. It also encouraged nationalism, valuing people's traditions, folklore and language.

Romanticism left behind the rational and Classical models, turning instead to more exotic styles and the use of imagination to create an escape from the ever growing cities and the increasing sprawl of industrialisation.

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Periods and Movements: Romanticism

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10 Questions

1. Eføybroen was painted by the Norwegian artist Hans Gude in 1863. It is a landscape painted in which country?

NorwayIcelandWalesGreenland

2. This image, subtitled Lander's Peak was painted in 1863 by the German-American artist Albert Bierstadt. It is a depiction of which mountain range?

The HimalayasThe Rocky MountainsThe AlpsThe Andes

3. What is the name of this 1818 painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich?

Wanderer above the Sea of FogHilltop SceneAloneWalking in the Mountains

4. The Cavalier Gaulois by the French sculptor Antoine-Augustin Préault is one of four equestrian statues on the Pont d'Iéna bridge in which city?

RouenParisRome

5. The Raft of the Medusa was completed in 1819 by the French Romantic artist Théodore Gericault. Which other Romantic painter was used as a model for one of the dying figures on the raft?

William BlakeEugène DelacroixToulouse-LautrecJ M W Turner

6. The 1893 painting, The Forging of the Mattpo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, was inspired by the national epic the Kalevala. What country did Gallen-Kallela and the Kalevala both come from?

DenmarkSwedenNorwayFinland

7. The Third of May 1808 is a depiction of Spain's resistance to Napoleon's armies during the Peninsular War. Which Spanish Romantic artist painted it?

Pablo PicassoSalvador DaliFrancisco GoyaFrancisco Pradilla

8. The Raft of the Medusa was completed in 1819 by the French Romantic artist Théodore Gericault. Which other Romantic painter was used as a model for one of the dying figures on the raft?

Toulouse-LautrecJ M W TurnerEugène DelacroixWilliam Blake

9. This image, subtitled Lander's Peak was painted in 1863 by the German-American artist Albert Bierstadt. It is a depiction of which mountain range?

The AlpsThe AndesThe HimalayasThe Rocky Mountains

10. The Cavalier Gaulois by the French sculptor Antoine-Augustin Préault is one of four equestrian statues on the Pont d'Iéna bridge in which city?

RouenRomeParis