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The Nude Maja, (La maja desnuda), Francisco Goya
Depicts a nude woman laying on a bed of pillows, commissioned by Manuel de Godoy, to hang in his private collection. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Maja_desnuda -
Bonaparte Visits the Plague Stricken in Jaffa, Antoine Jean Gros
Depicts Napoleon I visiting sick soldiers in 1799 in Jaffa, Syria, at the end of his Egyptian Campaign. The campaign was violent and brutal. Oil paint. https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/paintings/2-bonaparte-visiting-the-plague-victims-of-jaffa/ -
The Hülsenbeck Children, Philipp Otto Runge
This painting depicts three children playing in a garden. This painting is unique because it was one of the first times children were focused on as the subject of a painting, which was unusual at the time in Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_H%C3%BClsenbeck_Children -
The Monk by the Sea, Caspar David Friedrich
Intended to allude to the presence of God for its lack of illusion of depth. Created by famous romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monk_by_the_Sea#/media/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Der_M%C3%B6nch_am_Meer_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg -
The Charging Chasseur, Théodore Géricault
This painting depicts Napolean on his warhorse preparing for an attack. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charging_Chasseur -
The Third of May 1808, Francisco Goya
Intended to memorialize the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War. Oil on Canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_of_May_1808#/media/File:El_Tres_de_Mayo,_by_Francisco_de_Goya,_from_Prado_thin_black_margin.jpg -
La Grande Odalisque Artist: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The painting depicts a nude woman lounging in bed and looking over her shoulder at the spectators. the painting is intended to depict a woman in a harem. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Odalisque -
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
Considered to be the masterpiece of the romanticism era. Oil on Canvas.
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The Raft of Medusa, Théodore Géricault
Considered an instant classic for the romanticism movement. Oil on canvas. https://www.artble.com/imgs/d/f/c/434805/the_raft_of_the_medusa.jpg -
Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco Goya
Depicts the Greek mythology tale of Cronus, who, fearing that he would be overthrown by one of his children, ate them after birth. Oil on canvas. https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/saturn-devouring-his-son-1823-1 -
The Hay Wain, John Constable
Depicts a rural landscape of workers on the river Stour in England. Oil on Canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hay_Wain#/media/File:John_Constable_-_The_Hay_Wain_(1821).jpg -
The Death of Sardanapalus, Eugène Delacroix,
The Death of Sardanapalus depicts a scene from the tale of Sardanapalus, the last king of Assyria. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Sardanapalus#/media/File:Delacroix_-_La_Mort_de_Sardanapale_(1827).jpg -
Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix
Intended to commemorate the July Revolution in Paris that removed Charles X, the restored Bourbon king, from the throne. Oil painting. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Liberty-Leading-the-People -
The Oxbow, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, Thomas Cole
This painting was a depiction of an American landscape with a million different possible interpretations according to the artist, Thomas Cole. Oil on canvas. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10497 -
The Fighting Temeraire, J. M. W. Turner
"This is the last journey of the Fighting Temeraire, a celebrated gunship which had fought valiantly in Lord Nelson's fleet at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Thirty three years later, decaying and no longer in use, she was towed up the Thames to be broken up in a Rotherhithe shipyard." (The National Gallery, n.d) Oil on canvas, https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/paintings-in-depth/heroine-of-trafalgar-the-fighting-temeraire -
The Desperate Man, Gustave Courbet
This is a self-portrait of the artist, Gustave Courbet. Many of his pieces were self-portraits for he believed artists should paint what they see around them. Oil paint. artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-probing-gustave-courbets-inner-thoughts-the-desperate-man -
Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord, Hans Gude and Adolph Tidemand
Depicting a bridal part crossing a fjord in rowing boats after a wedding. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridal_Procession_on_the_Hardangerfjord#/media/File:Adolph_Tidemand_&_Hans_Gude_-_Bridal_Procession_on_the_Hardangerfjord_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg -
The Ninth Wave, Ivan Aivazovsky
"It depicts a sea after a night storm and people facing death attempting to save themselves by clinging to debris from a wrecked ship. The debris, in the shape of the cross, appears to be a Christian metaphor for salvation from the earthly sin." (WikiArt, n.d) -
The Kiss, Francesco Hayez
This was a commissioned painting and one of Francesco Hayez's most popular works. Oil on canvas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Hayez) -
Lady Lilith, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Created to exhibit a woman's natural allure. "Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair and seductively exposes her shoulders. " (TheMet, n.d) Watercolor and bodycolor from drawing. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337500
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