Romanticism

 

 

Romanticism is a movement that responded to the order that was inspired by the Enlightenment. This was a movement of art, music and literature. This piece of artwork, called Culmin's Ghost Appears to his Mother, by Nicolai Abildgaard, displays awe of nature with the moonlit sky and the two vicious dogs walking around. The dogs were too powerful to control, so they killed the man and woman. This piece is emotional because the viewer is sad that these two people died and there was nothing to do to stop their deaths. Nicolai made his piece horrific because the man and woman are lying there dead. The dogs look scary and dangerous. The background is dark and mysterious. The two dead bodies are collapsed on the bed. This piece of artwork is irrational because it does not make sense that two dogs would kill the man and woman. People might think, “Why would two dogs kill a man and woman?” It shows that the world is not perfect or fair because these two people were killed.