Examples of Romantic art and their artists.

The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, 
Looking Towards the East Window,
 by JMW Turner, 1794.2

"Tintern Abbey was a monastery founded in 1131 and rebuilt in the 13th century. Abandoned in 1536, it was left to decay for two centuries."


Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner went to this abbey twice  in which he was amazed the marvelous structures which towered above him and the power of nature that over came human ingenuity

Fishermen at Sea, by JMW Turner, 1794.

"Turner was fascinated by the mood of nature, her ever changing effects. He was always sketching the clouds, the sky, and his natural surroundings. "

He was extreamly amazed by the change in which the ocean goes through, this being a foundation to the painting on the left. He once asked to be tied to the mast of a which too experience the full extent of what a ship goes through during a storm.



Romantics believed greatly in god an nature was evidence of that in a way they were thee profits that portrayed gods work to the public.

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,
by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818. 

German artist Caspar David Friedrich was a quintessential Romantic artist, and this is a quintessential Romantic painting. This portrayed the humans ability to conquer much obstacles but still has alot to learn. In this painting a man Stands high one a mountain top only to see a fog shrouding crashing sees. This means that although he conquered the mountain he  has further challenges ahead and further more uncertainties which lie beyond the fog.

The Clove Catskills, by Thomas Cole, 1827. 

Thomas Cole, was amazed at the grandeur of nature. On a trip he saw this scene and was astounded but the untainted landscape which had not been poisoned by man.

Looking Down Yosemite Valley,
 by Albert Bierstadt, 1865. 

German-American artist Albert Bierstadt left New York to paint the American west. He was  captured by the vast greatness of the place. Because the place was not suitable to paint he resorted to sketching and further painting and completing at home.

Aurora Borealis, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865. 

Romantics also had the ability to show the wonders of nature to people who would otherwise never see them . Such a case are the Auroras to the left. Due to the face that artist traveled and the common man didn't this translation of information could occur.






Sources :

The Basic of Romantic Art | The Art of Manliness. 2013. The Basic of Romantic Art | The Art of Manliness. [ONLINE] Available at:http://artofmanliness.com/2011/03/03/the-basics-of-art-the-romantic-period/. [Accessed 19 May 2013].