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Delacroix
In this free course, Delacroix, you will be introduced to a variety of Delacroix's work and will see how his paintings relate to the cultural transition from Enlightenment to Romanticism. You will study Delacroix's early career, his classical background, the development of Romantic ideas and their incorporation into his work. You will have the opportunity to study some of his most important paintings and compare them to works favouring a Neoclassical approach. You will also be able to see how his themes, subjects and style were influenced by Romantic ideas, the exotic and the Oriental. Through this you will develop an understanding of the classicRomantic balance that shows how his work was influenced by cultural change of that period and to some extent contributed to the progression from Enlightenment to Romanticism.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- identify those aspects of Delacroix’s art that qualify it as ‘Romantic’
- understand the interplay between classicism and Romanticism in Delacroix’s art
- appreciate the nature of Delacroix’s fascination with the Oriental and the exotic even before he visited Morocco.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 14/04/2016
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Course content
- Eugène Delacroix,The Death of Sardanapalus File
- Charles-Émile Champmartin, Massacre of the Janissaries File
- Jacques-Louis David Andromache mourning Hector File
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Apotheosis of Homer File
- Jacques-Louis David, The Lictors returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons File
- Peter Paul Rubens, The Landing of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles File
- Peter Paul Rubens, The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus File
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque File
- Eugène Delacroix, sketch for The Death of Sardanapalus File
- Eugène Delacroix, sketch of a female nude File
- Eugène Delacroix's sketch for The Death of Sardanapalus File
- Richard Parkes Bonington, Rouen from the Quays File
- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, The Return of Marcus Sextus File
- Eugène Delacroix, The Barque of Dante File
- Nicolas Poussin, The Testament of Eudamidas File
- Nicolas Poussin, A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term File
- Nicolas Poussin, The Rape of the Sabines File
- Eugène Delacroix, Massacres of Chios File
- Nicolas Poussin Peter Paul Rubens, The Miracle of St Walburga File
- Gros’s Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Stricken of Jaffa File
- Eugène Delacroix, The Murder of the Bishop of Liège File
- Eugène Delacroix, sketch for The Murder of the Bishop of Liège File
- Eugène Delacroix, Michelangelo in his Studio File
- Eugène Delacroix, Portrait of Niccolò Paganini File
- Eugène Delacroix, Priests and Monks File
- Eugène Delacroix, sketch after Goya’s Caprichos File
- Eugène Delacroix, Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi File
- Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People File
- Eugène Delacroix, Mephistopheles appears before Faust File
- Eugène Delacroix, Duel with Valentine File
- Eugène Delacroix, Faust and Mephistopheles File
- Eugène Delacroix, Mephistopheles in the Air File
- Eugène Delacroix, Faust attempts to seduce Marguerite File
- Eugène Delacroix, Marguerite’s Ghost appears to Faust File
- Francisco de Goya, They’re Hot File
- Eugène Delacroix, Acrobats’ Riding Class File
- François Boucher, Leopard Hunt File
- Gold box with painted enamel decoration File
- Gold box with engraved and enamelled decoration File
- Eugène Delacroix, The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan File
- Eugène Delacroix, A Young Tiger playing with its Mother File
- Eugène Delacroix, Tiger attacking a Wild Horse File
- George Stubbs, Horse attacked by a Lion File
- Eugène Delacroix, Lion Hunt File
- AV Notes that accompany Eugene Delacroix: The Moroccan Journey. File
- Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa File
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