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Chapter 19—The age of napoleon and the triumph of romanticism

Chapter 19—The age of napoleon and the triumph of romanticism. Romanticism. The Romantic Movement. Began in the 1790’s Peaked in the 1820’s It was a reaction to the Enlightenment and classicism Was the artistic expression of 19 th century liberalism . The Romantic Movement.

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Chapter 19—The age of napoleon and the triumph of romanticism

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  1. Chapter 19—The age of napoleon and the triumph of romanticism Romanticism

  2. The Romantic Movement • Began in the 1790’s • Peaked in the 1820’s • It was a reaction to the Enlightenment and classicism • Was the artistic expression of 19th century liberalism

  3. The Romantic Movement • Focused on a growing distrust of reason • Civilization corrupts! (Rousseau) • Human knowledge is puny compared to historical forces • The community is more important than the individual—rejected “individual rights”

  4. The RomanticMovement • Included a revival of Christianity • Mostly focused in Northern Europe—Great Britain and Germany • Two major influences on the Romantic Movement—Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant

  5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Thoughts on childhood and education influenced the Romantic Movement • Prosperity had corrupted human nature • Children should be able to grow and learn freely • Learn by trial and error what reality is and how best to deal with it

  6. Immanuel Kant • German philosopher • Critique of Pure Reason (1781) • Critique of Practical Reason (1788)

  7. Major Romantic Painters • Caspar David Friedrich • (1774-1840) • German Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818 The Abbey in the Oakwood, 1810

  8. Major Romantic Painters • John Constable • (1776-1837) • British Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Grounds (1820) The Cornfield (1826)

  9. Major Romantic Painters • Joseph Mallord William Turner • (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed (1844)

  10. Major Romantic Painters • William Blake • British (1757-1827)—also a poet Isaac Newton (1795)

  11. Major Romantic Poets • Lord Byron • William Wordsworth • John Keats • William Blake • Samuel Taylor Coleridge—Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  12. Major Romantic Novels • Jane Eyre—Charlotte Bronte (1847) • Wuthering Heights—Emily Bronte (1847) • Ivanhoe—Sir Walter Scott (1819) • Les Miserables—Victor Hugo (1862) • Frankenstein and Dracula • Faust—Goethe

  13. Political Implications of Romanticism • Romanticism was used to reinforce political liberalism of the 19th century • However, it was also used to reinforce political conservatism of the same time period • AND, it contributed to the growing nationalist movements of the time period as well.

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