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The Romantic Era: Instrumental Artist and Their Works

The Romantic Era: Instrumental Artist and Their Works


The Romantic period displayed a marked change in the styles of art. Painters, writers, and musicians began to feel a freedom like never before. Painters began to show emotions on the faces of their subjects. Writers began to write with their own emotions, contradictory to the neo-classical balance and forms. Musicians broke away from folk tales and began to write of love and emotions. Music displayed the population’s desires for freedom and individuality.

Francisco Goya(1746-1828) may have been one of the greatest pioneers of the romantic period. Goya may be best known for his painting Execution of the Madrilenos on May 3, 1808. In the winter of 1792, while on a visit to southern Spain, Goya contracted a serious disease that left him totally deaf and marked a turning point in his career.(Cunningham & Reich p. 289) A mood of pessimism entered Goya's work. Between 1797 and 1799 he drew and etched the first of his g...

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