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The Birth of Modern European Thought. APEURO – Chapter 24. Romanticism. Literary, musical, and artistic movement dominating European culture in Late 18 th Century - 1 st half of 19 th century. “Sturm & Drang”. German Movement “Storm & Stress” turned into Romanticism. Romantics Stressed:.
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The Birth of Modern European Thought APEURO – Chapter 24
Romanticism • Literary, musical, and artistic movement dominating European culture in • Late 18th Century - 1st half of 19th century
“Sturm & Drang” • German Movement “Storm & Stress” turned into Romanticism
Romantics Stressed: • 1. Emotions- feeling & passion • 2. Intuition- imagination • 3. Nature- as inspiration •
Romantics Stressed… • 4. Nationalism- emphasis change & connection to the past • 5. Religion • 6. The unique individual • 7. The Middle Ages
“Official” Beginning of Romanticism in Literature • 1798 Lyrical Ballads by Samuel Taylor Coleridge & William Wordsworth “One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can”
Some Romantic Writers… • “Loners” who wrote about rejection by society • Nature as a source of inspiration • Some wrote “Gothic” tales – mysterious, violent weather
Romantic Writers • 1.Lord Byron (1788-1824) - Poet • Led scandalous lifestyle • Wrote narrative poems, “Don Juan” • Supporter of Greek independence
Romantic Writers • 2. Mary Shelly (1797-1851) • Frankenstein • Critique of modern man and technology gone awry
Romantic Writers • 3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1848) • Faust • Sorrows of Young Werther • Uses romantic themes of intuition & emotion
Romanticism & Music • 1. Ludwig Von Beethoven (1770-1837) • Deaf composer • Created 9 symphonies • One of 1st composers to reach fame & wealth in his lifetime
Beethoven – 6th symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34dU9RSWf28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfa86bTD34
Romanticism & Music • 2. Franz Shubert • Pioneer in composing primarily for the piano • Inspired by folksongs • 3. Niccolo Paganini • Violinist
Niccolo Paganini Paganini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eblB2-y23Dc Shubert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF7a9OcE_w
Romantic Art • Portrayed scenes of medieval life • Idealize rural landscape • 1. John Constable’s • Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
2. J.M.W. Turner Landscapes more mystical Nature’s power Romantic Art
Romantic Art • 3. Eugene Delacroix • Portrays political spirit of the time in France • Liberty leading the People
Romantic Architecture • “neo-gothic” revival • 1. British Houses of Parliament (1836-1837) • most famous public building • In neo-gothic style
Romantic Architecture • 2. Castle of Neuschwanstein(1864-1886) • S. Germany • Cost of construction nearly bankrupt Bavarian monarchy
Literacy Rates • Improved- 1860’s onward • Reason – Primary education introduced
“SCIENCE” • “The model for all human knowledge” • The height of human thought • “truth”
Aguste Comte • 1798-1857 • French philosopher (sociologist) • Developed Positivism- a philosophy of human intellectual development
Comte’s 3 Stages of Intellectual Development or 3 Stages to Society: • 1. Theological stage- nature explained in terms of divinities & spirits
Comte’s 3 Stages of Intellectual Development or 3 Stages to Society: • 2. Metaphysical Stage: • Abstract principles - Reason
Comte’s 3 Stages of Intellectual Development or 3 Stages to Society: • 3. Positive Stage: • Explanations of nature – reliance on observation
EX: Why does a rock fall? • Three Stages: • 1. God wills it • 2. nature of heavy objects to fall • 3. law of gravity • http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/comtes-3-stages-of-society-theory-of-positivism.html
Modernism • Intellectual movement 1850-1914 • Effect of modernism in literature, art, psychoanalysis, physics, intellectual life. • In literature critical of middle class society & morality
Modernism & Science • 1. Charles Darwin • 2. Advances in Chemistry: Dmitri Mendeleyev • 2. The New Physics: Marie Curie, Max Planck, Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin • Two Theories: • 1. Survival of the fittest -1859 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • 2. All primates, including humans evolved form common ancestors-1871 The Descent of Man • http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/11/myths-and-misconceptions-about-evolution-a-ted-ed-lesson-about-the-subtleties/
Social Darwinism • Herbert Spencer (British scientist) “Nations, like species, struggle to survive, and the winners are the fittest, while the inferior are eliminated” “us” vs. “them”
Chemistry- Dmitri Mendeleyev • 1860’s Russia Scientist • Classifies the chemical elements –Periodic Table
Chemistry -Alfred Nobel • Swedish Chemist • First produced dynamite 1867 • Allowed engineers to construct canals, tunnels
Genetics – F. Gregor Mendel • Austrian Monk • Father of genetics • “Laws of inheritance”
Mini Biography Gregor Mendel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmSJGhPTB5E
Physics- Marie Curie • Examines behavior of particles in subatomic world • Polish- studies radiation • Isolated the element radium in 1910 • Works with Her husband Pierre Curie
Polish? Or polish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8lMW0MODFs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEV4KJBJvEg
Physics-Max Planck • 1900 German • Energy of atomic particles was emitted or absorbed in specific units called “quanta” • “Quantum Theory” finalized 1925
Physics- Albert Einstein • 1905 publishes • “The Electro-dynamics of Moving Bodies” • E = MC2 • ENERGY EQUALS THE MASS TIMES THE SQUARE OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT !
Mini biography – Albert Einstein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVKvO-gTs8
Modernism & Social Sciences • Psychology, political science, anthropology, criminology, sociology • Demonstrate how human behavior resulted from economic, political, and social forces.
Psychoanalysis – Sigmund Freud • Viennese Medical Doctor • Original intention: • Wished to treat “ nervous disorders”
Freud’s Two Possible Treatments • 1. Electrotherapy – he declared this method useless • 2. Hypnosis
The Power of the Unconscious • Freud becomes convinced • That human behavior is controlled by the unconscious
Freud’s Psychoanalysis • Develops psychoanalysis – the study of dreams • Wrote The Interpretation of Dreams 1900