Romanticism

1. What is the difference between Romanticism and Neoclassicism?
2. Define Romanticism as it applies to art.
3. Describe Francisco Goya's approach to Romanticism as evidenced in his work, especially his "Los Caprichos" etching series.
4. Why do the members of Charles IV's family look as they do in Goya's portrait of them?
5. Describe the style and symbolism of Goya's " The Executions of the Third of May, 1808".
6. What do Théodore Géricault and Francisco Goya have in common?
7. Describe the style and symbolism of Théodore Géricault's "The Raft of the Medusa."
8. What type of painting was considered to be the ultimate test of ability for an artist?
9. What is an odalisque?
10. What is the difference in Ingres' and Delacroix's depiction of the odalisque?
11. How does the work of Delacroix reflect European orientalism?
12. Describe the style and symbolism of Delacroix's "Liberty Leading the People."
13. Who was the first French Romanticist landscape painter?
14. What were the aims of the Barbizon School?
15. Describe the Romanticism of John Constable. What was his most famous work?
16. Describe the Romantic paintings of J.M.W. Turner. How is Turner's approach to Romanticism different from Constable's?
17. Be able to identify a painting by J.M.W. Turner.
18. Be able to identify John Henry Fuseli.
19. Be able to identify William Blake.
20. Describe the Romantic paintings of Caspar David Friedrich.
21. Describe the paintings of the American Romanticists. Who were some of the movement's leading figures?
22. Why was Romanticism appropriate for these early American painters?
23. What is scumbling?