FOUNDING ROMANTICISM
Two of the founding members of French Romanticism, Gros and Girodet, were Napoléonic artists who specialized in military glory and romantic escapism, respectively. Although they were both followers of David, both artists moved away from Neo-Classicism to a form of early Romanticism. However, they were both overtaken by historical events and new artists, such as Ingres and Delacroix took their places. This podcast examines their late works, which established the basic parameters of Romanticism in France.
Tags: " "Napoléon at Eylau, " Emperor Napoléon I, " Napoléonic Artists, "Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley", "The Burial of Atala", "The Ghosts of French Heroes Welcomed by Ossion into Odin's Paradise", "The Raft of the Medusa", "The Revolt of Cairo", Anne Louis Giordet de Rousy-Trison, Jacques Louis David, Jean-Antoine Gros, Louis XVIII, Napoleonic Art, Prix de Rome, Romanticism