After the peaceful and productive Baroque era came the Rococo, then the period of Romanticism and Realism. The art of this era was very similar to the Rococo period, except for one element: the tumult of the French Revolution. The tension of this historical tragedy is reflected in numerous paintings, even if they were produced twenty to thirty years after the end of the Revolution. Paintings such as Goya's May 3 (27-11) and Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People depict the terrible effects of deceptive ideas. The rest of the world has adopted the humanist thoughts injected into some of the art; the Revolution had had influence, but not in a good way. When I brought this up, it made me laugh a little. David was a friend of Robespierre, the instigator of the French Revolution. Napoleon wanted to kill as many French people as possible. Once the Revolution ended, David, who had been associated with Robespierre. Was sentenced to prison. What the manual doesn't say, however, is that David only gained his freedom because he was a lying coward who claimed to have never been in cahoots with Robespierre! Ultimately, Napoleon was impressed by David's work, probably because his personality was very similar to his own. Napoleon set limits for others, only to break them himself; something David did often. (Kleiner, 757) Napoleon also admired David's style because it emulated the neoclassical era, which Napoleon identified with the power of the Romans, a trait to which he aspired. In France, David's art valorized Napoleon by making him look like a hero (Napoleon crossing the Saint-Bernard 27-1a). I loved how (during this period) there were the two main movements, and others working...... middle of paper ......the omantic era dealt with dark themes, bad dreams, nightmares and horror scenes. (27-8, 10, 12) Interestingly, the Romantic movement was not what the average person might consider “romantic.” The Death of Sarandapalus (27-15) by Delacroix is ​​inspired by one of Lord Byron's poems. What the textbook doesn't mention is that many of Byron's poems reflect his wild life, that is, Byron chose to talk about scandalous moments in history. The Romantic era was an era of art depicting tumult and imagery, not an era of normal "romantic" attributes. Works cited by Kleiner, Fred S. and Helen Gardner. Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A Global History. Boston, MA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2009. Print. Hindley, Meredith. “Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, 1836.” Imagine America. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008. 24-25. Print.