In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.
Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.
British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.
The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.
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Muscular Man Nude Bronze with Wings Icarus, Signed G. Colin and stamped 5888
Located in Miami, FL
French sculptor Georges Colin depicts Icarus in an idealized pose, featuring a handsome, fit, semi-nude male with an acutely delineated musculature. Mod...
Bronze
Why Born a Slave (Replica after the original work)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) Why Born a Slave (Replica after the original work) Tinted terracotta or plaster, 60 cm in height, base 18 x 20 cm Provenance: Private collection ...
Terracotta, Plaster
$174,500Sale Price|36% Off
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Marble, Bronze
Demure Young Woman (Contemporary Bronze Sculpture)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous solid bronze on marble pedestal depicting a demure young woman observing something that appears to be just in front of her. Is she a bit timid, perhaps? A lovely patina ha...
Bronze
$18,000
Parvati
By Allan Clark
Located in Long Island City, NY
A bronze sculpture by Allan Clark originally casted in 1927. A nude figure sculpture of Parvati, the Hindu goddess of love. Artist: Allan Clark (after), American (1896 - 1950) T...
Bronze
$1,121
Ours et gladiateur, terre cuite d'après Emmanuel Fremiet, 19e siècle
Located in Ixelles, BE
Emmanuel Frémiet (1824 - 1910) Ours et Gladiateur Terre cuite H. : 28,5 cm ; L. : 15,6 cm ; P. : 13 cm Signé « E. FREMIET » La sculpture « Ours et Gladiateur » est l’une des œuv...
Terracotta
Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
Marble, Bronze
$28,484
H 34.65 in W 9.85 in
Quis Mihi Iniuriam Facet Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble
Located in Utrecht, NL
Quis Mihi Iniuriam Facet Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world...
Marble, Bronze
$9,688
H 16.54 in W 7.88 in
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...
Marble, Bronze
$10,764
H 12.21 in W 7.88 in
Bufo Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Bufo Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Male Figure Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world. In 1995, he exhibited for the first time with Morren Galleries. Van der Kant desires to sculpt young people who still stand uninhibited and curiously in life. The reason he chooses to sculpt boys is, because he is one himself, this way the subject is closer to him. The anatomy of his figures testify of perfectionism. Van der Kant's subjects show similarities with the sculptures from the Greek and Roman antiquity...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Bronze Sculpture "The Letter"
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique bronze sculpture of male nude reading a letter or proclamation. Marble base, 19th century. Unsigned.
Marble, Bronze
$16,584
H 17.72 in W 7.88 in
Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at...
Marble, Bronze
$17,036
H 27.56 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock - Sculpture without Stone is 57 cm high Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught a...
Marble, Bronze
$16,915
H 19.69 in W 7.88 in
Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ad Dextram Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Nex...
Marble, Bronze
$11,210
H 4.73 in W 3.55 in D 3.15 in
Yves Klein Small IKB Venus Brooch Sculpture Jewel in International Klein Blue
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB). From a model created in 1956. Edition of 500 copies + 100...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$875Sale Price|53% Off
H 7.5 in W 14.6 in D 6.5 in
After Botero - Horizontal Nude Woman Bronze Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Marble, Bronze
$49,190
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 21.26 in
Maria, 90 cm, bronze sculpture, signed, limited edition of 8
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina Display: The s...
Metal, Bronze
$4,650
H 55.12 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Marlene III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Marlene III is a tall, elegant bronze sculpture of a human figure. Nando Kallweit is a German sculptor working in bronze and oak. Kallweit carves the original piece from a piece of oak using a chainsaw. The oak marque is then used to create a cavity in clay and sand into which the bronze is poured. The resultant bronze is particularly organic and tactile. The wood grain is apparent, as are the cut marks where the chainsaw has bitten into the wood. As a young boy, Kallweit was inspired by the beauty and antiquity of a bust of Nefertiti...
Bronze
$9,262
H 16.15 in W 15.75 in
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high scho...
Marble, Bronze
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H 25.2 in W 11.03 in D 8.27 in
Emile L. Picault semi-nude Gallic warrior sculpture in patinated bronze
Located in Valladolid, ES
Amazing and unique semi-nude Gallic warrior sculpture in patinated bronze, from the workshop of Émile Louis Picault (1833-1915), France. The Gallic warrior's body is a single piece,...
Bronze
19th century French bronze sculpture - Erotic Nude scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Gilded bronze sculpture - Erotic scene. France, late 19th century. 23 x 7 x 10 cm high (not signed). Crafted in finely chiseled and gilded bronze. Depicting an erotic scene between...
Bronze
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H 4.34 in W 2.37 in D 3.15 in
Jef Lambeaux (Belgian sculptor) - Late 19th Century Erotic Bronze Sculpture
Located in Varmo, IT
Jef Lambeaux (Antwerp 1852 - Brussels 1908) - Erotic scene. 11 x 6 x h 8 cm. Full-round group in chased and patinated bronze. Signed on the base: «J. M. Lambeaux». Jef Lambeaux w...
Bronze
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H 20.08 in W 10.83 in
Alabaster temple with mythological figurative bronze figure from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Alabaster temple with Corinthian capitals, palmette decoration runs along the rim. On the front, two swans are carved on the base, while there are five rosettes at the top. In the ce...
Alabaster, Bronze
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H 7.88 in W 5.91 in D 7.88 in
Italian Neoclassical sculptor - 19th century white marble group - The Kiss
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian sculptor (19th century) - The Kiss. 15 x 20 x h 20 cm (base included), 12 x 17 x h 18 cm (base excluded). Carved white marble group. The group depicts two nude figures in ...
Marble
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H 29 in W 11 in D 9 in
French 19th century large bronze sculpture of Greek goddess Psyche
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Beachwood, OH
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824-1887) Psyche Bronze with green brown patina on a gilt bronze base Signed A. Carrier 29 x 11 x 9 inches Albert-Ernst Carrier-Belleuse was...
Bronze
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H 24.5 in W 13.5 in
Muscular Nude Male Bronze After Eugene Marioton - Bronze Statue
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome and very fit partially draped young nude male with rippling muscles is depicted in this high-quality patinated bronze from a cast by Eugene Marioton...
Bronze
Gold, Pan of Rohallion, Bronze, Sculpture
By Frederick William MacMonnies
Located in New York, NY
This rare model of MacMonnies Pan of Rohallion is done in gilt patina instead of a dark patina. A great bronze and very famous model it would be a stu...
Bronze
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H 40.56 in W 15.75 in D 13.78 in
Fine Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture of Seated Nymph
By Lorenzo Bartolini
Located in Rome, IT
Delicious Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture of Seated Nymph feeding a dove . The Neoclassical composition also incorporates drapery which is used to conceal her nudity. The turn...
Marble
In the Path of the Sun
By Allan Clark
Located in Long Island City, NY
A bronze sculpture by Allan Clark made from an original casting in 1930. A nude figure of a woman in extended contrapposto pose. Artist: Allan Clark, After, American (1896 - 1950...
Bronze
Nude with Snake, Art Deco Sculpture c. 1910
Located in Long Island City, NY
Title: Nude with Snake Medium: Bronze Sculpture Year: circa 1910 Size: 10 x 3 x 5 in. (25.4 x 7.62 x 12.7 cm) This bronze sculpture is a romantic rendering of a nude with a garden snake...
Bronze