19th cent

19^th cent

Reaction of the romanticist visual artists to the industrial revolution in the 19th century

·         Late 18^th century through to mid 19^th century

·         Rejection of  classical structures in the creative construct (order, calm , harmony, balance, idealization and harmony )

·         Reaction against the enlightenment, contemporary rationalism and materialism

·         Focus on the individual, subjective, irrational

·         Appreciation of nature.

·         Emotion over reason

·         Sensory rather than intellectual interface

Francisco Goya

Adolphe Bouguereau

Caspar David Friedrich

Jean Francois Millet