Intro to RomanticismObjective 28: The student will demonstrate understanding by examining

the characteristics of romanticism

•What is your idea of “Romantic”?

Romantic vs Romanticism

Some Characteristics of Romanticism

• Emotion• Love of nature• Freedom from “rules”• Supernatural• Individualism• Religion • Patriotism/Nationalism• Exoticism

Historical Background

• 1800s• Some say it lasted until World War I

(1914)• Some things happening at that time:– Industrial Revolution• Eiffel Tower built in 1889

– Imperialism (Europeans control parts of Africa and Asia, such as British control of India)

– Marx invents Communism (1848)– “Copycat revolutions” of 1848 throughout

Europe– Nationalism/Unification of Italy and Germany– American Civil War

Emotion- Delacroix Goya

Nationalism-Liberty Leading the People

Love of Nature John Constable

Religious and Exotic themes Paul Gauguin

• Break up into groups • Each group will be assigned a characteristic• The posters must have the characteristic and images that represent

that characteristic.