My selected style is Romanticism, this style is more based on the artist emotion, feelings, and passion. According to the book “The Annotated Mona Lisa” both writers and artist chose emotion and intuition over rational objectivity. Violent scenes, nude scenes, and scenes where there is chaos are some examples of a Romanticism painting. In some of the Romanticism painting’s you could notice the colors are unrestrained, deep, and have rich shades, the techniques used are quick brushstrokes, strong and light and shade contrast. Lastly, the compositions are in a diagonal form. “The Annotated Mona Lisa”. Delacroix “Death of Sardanapalus” is one of many paintings that I believe embodies the style of Romanticism. This painting depicts violence,
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The composition is also in a diagonal form. To show the nature of violent images in such detail consists of an unorthodox manner against precise rules, laws, and formulas that characterized Classicism in general and late18th-century Neoclassicism https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/jkr/romanticism.html. in the period of 1800-1850 when the Romanticism period started. However, this painting also embodies the Romanticism period, because of the horse and the costumes that are in this painting which depicts some sort of Medieval time period. In my opinion, the aspects that I believe, are from the Romanticism period that could be interpreted as traditional or reminiscent of older movements are the dramatic scenes, emotional exuberance as those in the baroque painting period, or as the Early Renaissance art was created in parallel with Late Medieval art. Moreover, the book has stated that Delacroix, liberated painting for the classical concept of color as a tint applied over forms. This suggest that some of Delacroix paintings have interpreted traditions of older movements. I love the fact that the Romanticism period was an unorthodox time, because artist at the time allowed themselves to be free of the norm and found their
The composition is also in a diagonal form. To show the nature of violent images in such detail consists of an unorthodox manner against precise rules, laws, and formulas that characterized Classicism in general and late18th-century Neoclassicism https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/jkr/romanticism.html. in the period of 1800-1850 when the Romanticism period started. However, this painting also embodies the Romanticism period, because of the horse and the costumes that are in this painting which depicts some sort of Medieval time period. In my opinion, the aspects that I believe, are from the Romanticism period that could be interpreted as traditional or reminiscent of older movements are the dramatic scenes, emotional exuberance as those in the baroque painting period, or as the Early Renaissance art was created in parallel with Late Medieval art. Moreover, the book has stated that Delacroix, liberated painting for the classical concept of color as a tint applied over forms. This suggest that some of Delacroix paintings have interpreted traditions of older movements. I love the fact that the Romanticism period was an unorthodox time, because artist at the time allowed themselves to be free of the norm and found their