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Pages in category "Romantic paintings" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beethoven (Mähler)
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog [a] is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. [2] It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.
Francisco Goya was called "the last great painter in whose art thought and observation were balanced and combined to form a faultless unity". [9] But the extent to which he was a Romantic is a complex question. In Spain, there was still a struggle to introduce the values of the Enlightenment, in which Goya saw himself as a participant.
The Dead Lovers depicts the young couple as putrefying cadavers, infested by snakes, worms, a toad, and insects such as flies and dragonflies. In spite of this, the two "living dead" still appear quite robust, and still display signs of mutual affection, such as the bride's hand on the bridegroom's shoulder. [ 1 ]
Romantic architecture in France was highly eclectic, drawing upon earlier periods, particularly Gothic architecture, exotic styles, or upon literature and the imagination. A celebrated early example is the Hameau de la Reine created for Queen Marie-Antoinette in the park of the Palace of Versailles between 1783 and 1785.
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Art scholar John Baur described it as "a form of realism modified to express a romantic attitude or meaning". [8] According to Theodor W. Adorno , the term "romantic realism" was used by Joseph Goebbels to define the official doctrine of the art produced in Nazi Germany , although this usage did not achieve wide currency.