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[[Romanticism]] was an artistic style popular in the early 19th century. It emphasized the need for art to express emotion, irrational feelings, and imagination.
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''"Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor in exact truth, but in a way of feeling."'' [[Charles Baudelaire]]
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[[Jean-Antoine Watteau]],
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Image:Watteau Love in the French Theather.jpg|Love in the French Theatre
Image:Watteau La Leçon d'Amour.jpg|La Leçon d'Amour
Image:Watteau Peaceful Love.jpg|Peaceful Love
Image:Watteau La Gamme d'Amour.jpg|La Gamme d'Amour
Image:Watteau The Pleasures of Love.jpg|The Pleasures of Love
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[[Image:Watteau The Bird Nester.jpg]]
Watteau, The Bird Nester.
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[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]]
The four Fragonard Paintings for Madame Du Barry representing The Progress of Love.
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Image:Fragonard The Pursuit.jpg|The Pursuit
Image:Fragonard The Meeting.jpg|The Meeting
Image:Fragonard Love Letters.jpg|Love Letters
Image:Fragonard The Lover Crowned.jpg|The Lover Crowned
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[[Image:Fragonard The Love Vow...jpg]]
Fragonard, The Love Vow.
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Romantic ideals and explorations of emotional states, were shared by painters of the Romanticism like: [[Eugene Delacroix]], [[Francisco de Goya]], [[William Turner]] and [[John Constable]]. Romanticism flourished in France and Britain in the early decades of the nineteenth century.
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[[Image:Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus.jpg]]
Death of Sardanapalus by Delacroix.
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Romantic artists were fascinated by the nature, the genius, their passions and inner struggles, their moods, mental potentials, the heroes. [http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm]
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== See also ==
[[Image:Cupid.jpg|right|thumb|Wet Cupid by [[Adolphe William Bouguereau]], 1891.]]
*[[Romanticism]]
*[[Love]]
*[[Painting Galleries]]
*[[Famous French paintings]]
*[[History of painting]]
*[[Famous Still Life Paintings]]
[[Image:Fragonard Happy Lovers.jpg|thumb|left|330px|Fragonard, Happy Lovers.]]
[[File:Dmitry Levitzky Portrait of E N Khovanskaia and E N Khrushcheva 1773.jpg|thumb|center|Dmitry Levitzky, Portrait of E.N. Khovanskaia and E.N. Khrushcheva, 1773.]]
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== External links ==
[[Image:Heighton Romantic Stroll.jpg|thumb|The Lovers by Brent Heighton]]
*[http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm Romanticism]
*[http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/HP/romantic.html Romanticism and the Arts]
*[http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/intro.htm American Romanticism] Ann Woodlief's Introduction.
*[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm Romanticism]
*[http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/r/romanticism.html Romanticism]
*[http://www.askmen.com/top_10/travel/romantic-art-museums.html Top 10: Romantic Art Museums]
*[http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-romantic-tradition-in-british-painting-1800-1950/ The Romantic Tradition in British Painting 1800-1950] Victoria and Albert [[Museum]].
*[http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/exhibition.asp?id=27 Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design] The Morgan Library & Museum.
[[File:Richter Bridal procession 1847.jpg|thumb|left|[[Adrian Ludwig Richter]], Bridal procession, 1847.]]
[[File:Asters in a Vase by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1875.jpg|thumb|Asters in a Vase by [[Henri Fantin Latour|Henri Fantin-Latour]].]]
[[File:Severin Roesen Blumenstillleben 1860-1867.jpg|thumb|left|[[Severin Roesen]], Blumenstillleben, 1860-1867.]]
[[File:Loutherbourg The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen 1788.jpg|thumb|[[Philippe De Loutherbourg]], The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, 1788.]]
[[File:Ricciardo Meacci Isabella e il vaso di basilico 1890.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Ricciardo Meacci, Isabella e il vaso di basilico, 1890.]]
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