Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Romanticism
This is an encyclopedia article which defines the period of Romanticism from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. It describes the characteristics of Romanticism in general and in literature, visual arts, and music.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Romanticism
Artlex's complete description of artists of the Romanticism movement There are samples of the artists' work, descriptions of the work and an explanation of why this movement exists.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Girodet Romantic Rebel
A wonderfully detailed exhibition site, developed by the Art Institute of Chicago, devoted to this gifted French painter, whose work is often viewed in opposition to the prevailing neoclassical style of his time. With a career that...
Other
National Gallery of Australia: Constable: Land, Sea, and Sky
Online counterpart to a retrospective of the work of landscape artist John Constable displays and comments on over one-hundred watercolors, oils, and drawings by the artist. An excellent resource for in-depth studies of landscapes,...
University of Houston
University of Houston: English Romanticism
This webite on English Romanticism by Elizabeth Whitney focuses on the Romantic period including defining Romanticism, the history and politics, the Romantic poets, visual arts, and music. It also offers a link to the radio program "The...
Library of Congress
Loc: Romanticism in Dresden
This site from the Library of Congress provides an exerpt regarding the Romantic movement in Germany. The information that is presented is medium in length and worth checking out on the subject.
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Romanticism
This short article tells of the period of time in the late 18th century, when strong emotion and irrational behavior was expressed through the arts. It tells how Romanticism rejected harmony, balance and calmness, and yet typified...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Tour: Constable and Turner: British Landscapes
View a selection of paintings by English romantics Constable and Turner in the collections of the National Gallery. Tour has biographical and curatorial notes, along with detailed views of each painting.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Romanticism
This site from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook provides great information on the Renaissance. No text on this page, but a series of links from roots of Romanticism, to Romantic philosophy, to Romanticism in the Arts.
Boston College
Boston College: Nineteen Century Painting (Romanticism)
Reproductions of several paintings of J. M. W. Turner George Moreland, and Adam Willicots, three well-known artists of the romantic period.
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Romanticism (2)
A quiz on Romanticism. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way to incorporate technology in the artroom. This site is translated from the original French version. The homepage provides different languages.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Romanticism
Learning game provides 19 questions about the cultural and artistic movement that predominated in Europe during the first half of the XIXth century. See if you can match the correct answer with the correct picture.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix is said to be the most representative painter of French romanticism. In his painting, "Liberty Leading the People" Delacroix completed what has become both a defining image of French romanticism and one of the most...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival
Explore the world of British Literature from the Romantic Period. This site focuses on information on the authors of the romantic period, as well as links to their works. Check it out.
Victorian Web
Victorian Web: Pre Raphaelites, an Introduction
Victorian Web offers a commentary on Pre-Rapaelite art and how to understand the symbolism in the paintings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Copley, Watson and the Shark
"Watson and the Shark" is an energetic and emotional work by John Singleton Copley. It retains a special place within the history of late-eighteenth-century English Romanticism. View the picture and read the details of this painting in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Contemplation and Argumentation
In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institute Research Information System
A site from which to search databases of collections belonging to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and for information on hundreds of thousands of artworks in public and private collections worldwide. For serious researchers only,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Classicism
Wikipedia provides a brief overview of the classicist form of drama is provided in this encyclopedia article. The Three Unities of time, place, and action are also discussed along with a listing of classicist playwrights.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...