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Romanticism Emerges

Romanticism Emerges. By: Mr. Brady. Art during Europe in the 1800s. Nineteenth-century European art, music, and literature were dominated by two styles: 1.) C lassic ism 2.) R omantic ism. Based on what I underlined from the 2 styles, what do you think they were about? . Classicism .

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Romanticism Emerges

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  1. Romanticism Emerges By: Mr. Brady

  2. Art during Europe in the 1800s • Nineteenth-century European art, music, and literature were dominated by two styles: • 1.) Classicism • 2.) Romanticism Based on what I underlined from the 2 styles, what do you think they were about?

  3. Classicism • Classicism: sought to imitate the CLASSIC arts of ancient Greece and Rome. • Tradition, reason, and symmetry were prized. • The forms of plays and musical compositions followed particular rules; painters and architects incorporated subjects and images from the ancient world.

  4. Romanticism • Romanticism: emphasized love of nature, emotional expression, individual experience, and the importance of ordinary people and folk traditions. Why during this time would people turn to “loving nature?”

  5. Romanticism continued • Often, romantics longed for a simpler, gentler past—a time when noble people lived in harmony with unspoiled nature—apast that did not in fact exist.

  6. William Blake: English poet and painter that characterizes the Romantic Era • What do you notice in this picture?

  7. In literature and Music • Beethoven made beautiful music that emphasized emotion. • Pastoral symphony expressed love of nature.

  8. Charles Dickens • English author Charles Dickens described the awful conditions of being poor and urbanization in: • Oliver Twist • Great Expectations • A Christmas Carol

  9. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

  10. Question 1: • “How glad I am to be able to roam in wood and thicket, among the trees and flowers and rocks!” • —Ludwig van Beethoven What Romantic value is expressed in Beethoven’s words about nature? A: scientific knowledge B: personal experience C: the ability to travel D: the diversity of life

  11. Question 2 Which would have been the most likely subject for a classical painter? A: a farmer milking a cow B: folk dancing C: ancient Greek philosophers D: a sunset over magnificent mountains

  12. Question 3 Nineteenth-century European Romantics tended to view the past as a A: time of ignorance. B: time best forgotten. C: more stimulating time. D: gentler time.

  13. Question 4 European Romanticism celebrated the beauty of nature at a time when A: people were traveling to remote areas for the first time. B: industrialization was polluting the land. C: agriculture was undergoing a revival. D: outdoor recreation had gained in popularity.

  14. Question 5 European Romanticism celebrated ordinary people at a time when they A: lived in democracies. B: showed little interest in politics. C: demanded their rights. D: idealized the nobility.

  15. Question 6 A 19th-century novel that attempted “social criticism” might have shown how a young hero or heroine was affected by • A a week at the seashore. • B growing up in a loving family. • C being educated in the arts. • D industrial pollution.

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