166 Chapter 10 Overview
What You’ll Learn To Do: Examine and identify Romantic art.
In Chapter 10 we will examine Romantic art. We will look at how artists like Delacroix contributed to the development of Western art. It is imperative to understand Romantic art in order to see how it impacted later artistic developments.
Learning Activities
The learning activities for this module include:
- Review: Key Learning Items
Romanticism
- Read: Introduction to Romanticism (includes a video: 8:46)
France
Delacroix
- Read: Liberty Leading the People (includes a video: 5:23)
- Watch: Scene of the Massacre at Chios (3:14)
- Read: Death of Sardanapalus (includes a video: 3:42)
- Read: Understanding Delacroix’s Painterly Techniques
Gros
- Read: Napoleon Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken in Jaffa (includes a video: 3:37)
Gericault
- Watch: Raft of the Medusa (6:33)
- Read: Portraits of the Insane
Ingres
- Read: Apotheosis of Homer
- Read: Madame Riviere
- Read: Grand Odalisque (includes a video: 4:09)
- Watch: Princesse de Broglie (3:22)
Goya
- Read: Third of May, 1808
- Read: Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
- Watch: Saturn Devouring One of His Sons (3:24)
England
- Read: Constable, The Haywain (includes a video: 4:28)
- Watch: Turner, Slave Ship (4:01)
United States
Cole
- Read: Hudson River School
- Read: The Oxbow (includes a video: 5:31)
Erastus Salisbury Field
- Watch: Portrait of a Young Woman (3:58)
Extra Review
- Review: External Resources
Assignment
- Submit: Module 10 Quiz (5 points)