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The Romanticism dates back to the late 17th Century and continued throughout the centuries that followed. During the movement a reaction was against the aesthetic and the ethical and even against the ugliness and the materialism of the industrial revolution. Artist of the Romanticism such as Casper David Friedrich and the Maltese architecture Emanuel Luigi Galizia were inspired by the Neo- Gothic style and decided to use the kind of style to produce their art work.
The Romanticism dates back to the late 17th Century and continued throughout the centuries that followed. During the movement a reaction was against the aesthetic and the ethical and even against the ugliness and the materialism of the industrial revolution. Artist of the Romanticism such as Casper David Friedrich and the Maltese architecture Emanuel Luigi Galizia were inspired by the Neo- Gothic style and decided to use the kind of style to produce their art work.
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| Abbey in the Oak Woods, Casper David Friedrich, oil on canvas, 110.4x171cm, Charlotte-burg 1809 |
Casper David Friedrich painted the painting in the
1809- The Romanticism period. This was one of the paintings that Friedrich has
worked multiple of times. A number of paintings were produced using the same
theme and the same items, but placed in different positions. The painting shows
a ruin gothic Abbey church surrounded with oak trees which are leafless. The
artist gives us the impression that before the Abbey church was destroyed this
was used as a cemetery.
This painting is representing death by combining
dark colours, memorial stones, and oak trees which are leafless.
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| (Picture:1)Santa Maria Adolorata Church, Cemetery Church, Emanuel Galizia, Tal-Horr Hill Paola Malta, 1870 |
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| (Picture:2) The Cross on the Mountain, Casper David Friedrich, oil on canvas, 44.5x37.4cm, Kumsmuseum at Dusseldorf, 1812 |
Emanuel Luigi Galizia is a Maltese architecture who
designed the church of the Adolorata (Picture:1). This church is situated on the Tal- Horr
Hill in Paola Malta. The church construction began in the 1862 and was
completed in 1869- ‘The Romanticism period’ Galizia was one amongst the many
artists who made use of the Neo-Gothic style. Galizia designed the chapel’s top
using the Gothic design so it will not be foreshadowed by the oak trees
surrounding it. I combined this type of design idea with another painting which
Casper David Friedrich painted in the year 1812. The painting’s name is ‘The
Cross on the Mountain’(Picture:2). It can be seen that the same design which Galizia had
used in designing the chapel’s top was used in Friedrich’s painting that of the
Neo-Gothic.
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Romanticism artist were also influenced by Historical event that happened before. They used episodes from these events to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one.
Eugene Delacroix is a French artist that in his work he used a historical event to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one. Liberty Leading the People, is an episode from a historical event that commemorating the July Revolution of 1830. Delacroix used a woman personifying Liberty the french patriot's people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution. in this painting one can notice a movement that is created by repetitive colours.
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Romanticism artist were also influenced by Historical event that happened before. They used episodes from these events to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one.
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| Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, oil on canvas, 260cm x 325cm, Louvre Franch,1830 |
Eugene Delacroix is a French artist that in his work he used a historical event to show that Romanticism period was a rebellion one. Liberty Leading the People, is an episode from a historical event that commemorating the July Revolution of 1830. Delacroix used a woman personifying Liberty the french patriot's people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French Revolution. in this painting one can notice a movement that is created by repetitive colours.
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| Guzeppe Calli, Death of Dragut, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, 1867 |
Another artist during the Romanticism period was influenced by a Historical Event that happened in Malta, that is known as the Great Siege of Malta 1565. The Maltese artist from Valletta Guzeppe Calli painted an episode that happened during the Great Siege of Malta by showing the Death of Dragut, the Muslim Commander that was severely injured. This painting shows that Guzeppe Calli was mostly influenced from the French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix. In this painting Calli used the same technique that Delacroix used in the Liberty Leading the People, by giving the importance with a light colour on the clothing of Dragut.
Reference....
- Restoration Europe-Romanticism, Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840). [online] Available at: www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/rom_fri.html. [updated on: April 1 2011]
- The Addolorata Chaple and Cemetry, Paola, Malta, By Emmanuel Luigi Galizia. [online] Available at: www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/galizia/5.html. [Modified on: 13 August 2011]
- Ian Crofton 1990, The Guinness Encyclopedia, Guinness Publishing Ltd 1990, The Visual Art, Romanticism, Pg 536.
- The Addolorata Chaple and Cemetry, Paola, Malta, By Emmanuel Luigi Galizia. [online] Available at: www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/galizia/5.html. [Modified on: 13 August 2011]
- Ian Crofton 1990, The Guinness Encyclopedia, Guinness Publishing Ltd 1990, The Visual Art, Romanticism, Pg 536.
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