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The Third of May 1808
1780 – 1850

Revolution & Romanticism

Art turns political, passionate and stormy.

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Three giveaways that tell you what you're looking at — even for a painting you've never seen. Each detail below is magnified from the work named beside it.
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Nature as a mood. Storms, fog and cliffs that dwarf the human figure — landscape as emotion.

detail from Wanderer above the Sea of Fog — Caspar David Friedrich
detail of Wanderer above the Sea of Fog ⤢
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Two rival finishes. Icy Neoclassical polish (invisible brush, sharp line) versus hot Romantic paint (loose, visible, smeared).

detail from The Death of Marat — Jacques-Louis David
detail of The Death of Marat ⤢
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Pyramids of struggle. Bodies pile into straining diagonals, and the viewpoint puts you in the scene, not outside it.

detail from The Raft of the Medusa — Théodore Géricault
detail of The Raft of the Medusa ⤢
💡 Big weather, big feelings, and the viewer dragged inside the drama.
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The works

8 paintings in this chapter.

The Death of Marat
The Death of Marat
Jacques-Louis David · 1793
Oath of the Horatii
Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David · 1784
The Third of May 1808 boss
The Third of May 1808
Francisco Goya · 1814
Saturn Devouring His Son
Saturn Devouring His Son
Francisco Goya · c. 1819–23
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix · 1830
The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa
Théodore Géricault · 1819
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich · c. 1818
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire
J. M. W. Turner · 1839