The Romantics

A hand-colored etching by John Horne Tooke depicting Edmund Burke being beaten by various literary figures, including Anna Laetitia Barbauld (nee Aikins). for writing in opposition to the French Revolution.  

Tooke, John Horne. Don Dismallo running the literary gantlet. London: Pubd. by Wm. Holland No. 50 Oxford Street, Dec. 1. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2004669855/&gt;.

"The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli.

An oil painting done in 1781, depicting a sleeping woman with a demonic incubus on her chest and a horse with glowing eyes in the background. 

The painting was displayed for the first time at the annual Royal Academy exhibition in London (1782). It was unlike the usual type of popular art there, not having any moralizing subject or inspiration from anywhere (like history, the Bible, etc) except the artist's imagination. 

This painting became an icon of Romantism and is a defining image of gothic horror from that time period.…

This painting by William Blake is considered to be his most "gothic", as it portrays very dark color hues and terror-focused imagery. The main aspect of the painting is the figure, a combination between a man and a demon, as it shares qualities of both. It is shown to be walking on a stage with a bowl in its hand. According to Blake's friend, artist John Varley, Blake said he was visited by a ghost of a flea that told him fleas were the souls of men who were prone to excess (excess in food, habits, lust, etc.). Blake says the bowl or cup in the creature's hand is for "blood-drinking",…

This piece appeared around 1795 and is created by  J Marshall during the era of social reform era. This piece is made from ink and wove paper which creates for the piece to be able to survive time. This piece depicts a slaveowner in the transaction of a slave which  he is selling to the public. My piece is able to show the Social reform that was occuring based on the slavery still being a issue despite the reform that was occuring. 

During the social reform era the country was stuck with  issues which had been affecting the people of that era. The middle class…

This was and advertisement for the St Mary Magdalene Penitentiary that Christina Rossetti voulnteered at as well as got her insperation for writing her peom the Goblin Market. 

This is a picture of the second edition of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market. The illustrations on the front pages are examples of Pre-Raphaelite art. This type of art aspiried to return to the life-like emphasis and religous values pre-Raphael (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance arts). The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was short-lived, and at one point highly criticized due to their young ages, but still had a great effect on British art and design.

The Pre-Raphaelite values can be seen in the illustrations of the girls and the goblins. Despite the goblins being…

The picture above is "Lady Lilith" created by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from the Delaware Art Museum. One can note the similarities in the appearance of Lady Lilith to the depiction of the sisters in Dante's other work for "Goblin Market". The sexual appeal of Lilith's appearance and surrounding flowers are characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's artistic emphasis. Many of the pieces served to be close to nature yet symbolistic in their message. Thus creating a sensual atmosphere that can be interpreted literally and figuratively. The minute emphasis on each detail and…