LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE DAMN THING: Deciphering the Art of the Romantic Period (1800-1850) with Sylvia Sagona

The Romantic movement spread across Europe in response to the philosophy of Rousseau and emphasised man’s sensitivity, idealism and his connection with nature.

This lecture will investigate how artists translated onto canvas the angst and drama of the themes of love, death and melancholy and how this vision still informs the way we perceive ‘True Love’ in the 21st century.

SYLVIA SAGONA is a Fellow of the School of Languages at the University of Melbourne specialising in 19th Century French art and society