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ROMANTICISM:. The Artistic Expression of Liberalism. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. The Spirit of the Age (1790-1850). A sense of a shared vision among the Romantics. Early support of the French Revolution Rise of the individual. Affinity with nature.
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ROMANTICISM: The Artistic Expression of Liberalism By: Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The Spirit of the Age (1790-1850) • A sense of a shared vision among the Romantics. • Early support of the French Revolution • Rise of the individual. • Affinity with nature. • Radical poetics / politics – an obsession with violent change.
Early19c TheEnlightenment Romanticism Civilization corrupts;institutions have rippling effects! Society is good, curbing violent impulses!
1. Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!
2. The "Rugged" Individual
3. The Power & Fury of Nature
Sunset After a Storm On the Coast of Sicily – Andreas Achenbach, 1853
The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice)Caspar David Friedrich, 1821
4. Science Can Be Dangerous!
5. The "New" Technology Is Dehumanizing
Man and Woman Contemplating the MoonGaspar David Friedrich, 1825
6. Romanticizing Country Life
7. The Gothic: "Romanticizing the Middle Ages
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s GroundJohn Constable, 1825
8. The Exotic, the Occult, and the Macabre!
Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-1819
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the SunWilliam Blake, 1808-1810
Procession of Flagellants on Good FridayFrancisco Goya, 1793