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Neoclassical Characteristics. Emphasis upon objective reason and forethought Love of classical literature and literary forms Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical, and familiar topics Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical pattern Love of the city and industry.
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Neoclassical Characteristics • Emphasis upon objective reason and forethought • Love of classical literature and literary forms • Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical, and familiar topics • Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical pattern • Love of the city and industry
Background • Eighteenth Century 1798-1832 (later moved to US called Transcendentalism) • Time of Revolution-particularly the French Revolution proved influential to the artists of the period. • Romanticism reacted negatively to the excesses of industrialism-luddite • Reaction against Neoclassicism with the respect for rules, the individual’s place in society, veneration of Greek and Roman traditions
Romantic Characteristics • Emphasis upon subjective emotion and spontaneity • Love of one’s own national literature and literary forms • Wild, exuberant writing dealing with unexpected, exotic, and foreign topics • Objects contrasted with each other and arranged asymmetrically • Love of the country and nature
Study of Pope Pius VII Jacques-Louis David
Tennis Court Oath Joseph-Marie Vien
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Ruins by Cotman • romantic\451px-Cotman,_Ruinsof_Rievaulx_Abbey.jpg
St.Benet’s Abbey 1831 Cotman • romantic\800px-St_Benet's_Abbey_1831JohnSellCotman.jpg
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Themes of Romanticism • Love of nature in all of its aspects • Concern and sympathy for common people • Interest in the world of imagination especially the supernatural • Rebellion against any form of tyrannical control • Interest in past legends, especially the medieval and primitive (hermits) • Involvement with the lonely and melancholic, especially in the contemplation of eventual death and dissolution • A focus on individual feelings not intellect • An interest in childhood
The Legacy of Romanticism: • Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fri • Environmental awareness • Emotions • Appreciation of the common man