Goya And Gericault Analysis
Dalia Selman 03/24/2014 Response Paper 8 The Modern World
Goya and Gericault Analysis
The Romantic style art was a response to the restraint of Neoclassical style. Romantics exaggerated the explosion of emotion, free spirit and color in contrast to Neoclassical single shaded color and clean cut lines. The Grand Manner, declared by Louis XIV limited artists in what type of works they can produce. The Romantic period is the backlash of the artists who do want to paint/write/sculpt the unusual, grotesque and chaos of nature. Historically it was a time when people were over the Monarchy and eager for a new movement. Truly the human spirit can be seen reflected in Romantic style art because there was no longer a dictator of the arts. Heroic themes were the focus of many Romantic artists including Goya and Gericault whose works I will be analyzing in this paper. Goya was originally made tapestries in the style of Rococo before Spain invaded with Napoleon armies. Goya witnessed warfare and cruelty which is very evidential in his work after the invasion. A notable piece of art that demonstrates his critical view on warfare is The Third of May, 1808: The execution of the Defenders of Madrid where Goya depicts the event in which French military executed the suspected Spanish, he utilizes contrast between the dark sky and spotlight on the Spanish suspects held at gunpoint. His artworks speaks as a warning of brutality and war. I find that he does a good job of capturing human expression even though the painting itself isn't as realistic as Gericaults work. He uses more blurred strokes and a more vague image. Where as other artists seem to be more detailed. I wonder what effect he wanted that to have on how the viewer sees his painting. In my opinion I like detailed paintings of humans where it looks realistic because It appears to look more like my world. Goya's shift in style from Rococo to Romantic is symbolic of the attitude the French Revolution brought onto
Goya and Gericault Analysis
The Romantic style art was a response to the restraint of Neoclassical style. Romantics exaggerated the explosion of emotion, free spirit and color in contrast to Neoclassical single shaded color and clean cut lines. The Grand Manner, declared by Louis XIV limited artists in what type of works they can produce. The Romantic period is the backlash of the artists who do want to paint/write/sculpt the unusual, grotesque and chaos of nature. Historically it was a time when people were over the Monarchy and eager for a new movement. Truly the human spirit can be seen reflected in Romantic style art because there was no longer a dictator of the arts. Heroic themes were the focus of many Romantic artists including Goya and Gericault whose works I will be analyzing in this paper. Goya was originally made tapestries in the style of Rococo before Spain invaded with Napoleon armies. Goya witnessed warfare and cruelty which is very evidential in his work after the invasion. A notable piece of art that demonstrates his critical view on warfare is The Third of May, 1808: The execution of the Defenders of Madrid where Goya depicts the event in which French military executed the suspected Spanish, he utilizes contrast between the dark sky and spotlight on the Spanish suspects held at gunpoint. His artworks speaks as a warning of brutality and war. I find that he does a good job of capturing human expression even though the painting itself isn't as realistic as Gericaults work. He uses more blurred strokes and a more vague image. Where as other artists seem to be more detailed. I wonder what effect he wanted that to have on how the viewer sees his painting. In my opinion I like detailed paintings of humans where it looks realistic because It appears to look more like my world. Goya's shift in style from Rococo to Romantic is symbolic of the attitude the French Revolution brought onto