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Warm Up

Warm Up. What major policies/attitudes were prominent during the age of revolutions?!. 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  alienation. Dehumanization of industrialization.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up • What major policies/attitudes were prominent during the age of revolutions?!

  2. 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  alienation. • Dehumanization of industrialization. • Radical poetics / politics  an obsessionwith violent change.

  3. Nationalism and the Arts • Read the passage by Johann Gottlieb Fichte

  4. Go to msbreen.com Click on the Global History 10 tab Scroll down and click on the GHG10 Unit 1:Age of Revolutions link Click on the link labeled: Romanticism and download the powerpoint. Laptop Time!

  5. 1. Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!

  6. A Growing Distrust of Reason Early19c Enlightenment Romanticism Society is good, curbing violent impulses! Civilization corrupts! • The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. • Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. • “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness  the community is more important.

  7. The Romantic Movement • Began in the 1790s and peaked in the 1820s. • Mostly in Northern Europe, especially in Britain and Germany. • A reaction against classicism. • The “Romantic Hero:” • Greatest example was Lord Byron • Tremendously popular among the European reading public. • Youth imitated his haughtiness and rebelliousness.

  8. Characteristics of Romanticism The Engaged & Enraged Artist: • The artist apart from society. • The artist as social critic/revolutionary. • The artist as genius.

  9. Wandering Above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich,1818

  10. Lady Macbeth - Henry Fuseli, 1794

  11. Characteristics of Romanticism The Individual/ The Dreamer: • Individuals have unique, endless potential. • Self-realization comes through art • Artists are the true philosophers.

  12. The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835

  13. Solitary Tree Caspar David Friedrich, 1823

  14. Characteristics of Romanticism Glorification of Nature: • Peaceful, restorative qualities [an escape from industrialization and the dehumanization it creates]. • Awesome, powerful, horrifying aspects of nature. • Indifferent to the fate of humans. • Overwhelming power of nature.

  15. An Avalanche in the AlpsPhilip James de Loutherbourg, 1803

  16. Sunset After a Storm On the Coast of Sicily – Andreas Achenbach, 1853

  17. The DelugeFrancis Danby, 1840

  18. Tree of CrowsCaspar David Friedrich, 1822

  19. The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice)Caspar David Friedrich, 1821

  20. Shipwreck – Joseph Turner, 1805

  21. The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault, 1819

  22. The Eruption of Vesuvius - John Martin

  23. 4. Science Can Be Dangerous!

  24. Isaac Newton – William Blake, 1795

  25. Dr. Frankenstein’s Adam & Eve??

  26. 5. The "New" Technology Is Dehumanizing

  27. The Slave ShipJoseph Mallord William Turner, 1842

  28. The Slave Ship(details)

  29. 7. Nationalism

  30. Greece on the Ruins of MissolonghiEugène Delacroix, 1827

  31. Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830

  32. Detail of theMusket BearerDelacoix, himself

  33. The Rise of the Cartheginian EmpireJoseph Turner, 1815

  34. His Majesty’s Ship, “Victory”(Trafalgar) - John Constable, 1806

  35. An Officer of the Imperial Horse GuardThéodore Géricault, 1814

  36. Napoleonat theSt. BernardPass David,1803

  37. The Shooting of May 3, 1808Francisco Goya, 1815

  38. Pandemonium - John Martin, 1841

  39. Bibliographic Sources • Susan Pojer Power Points • CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum.http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/fineart.htm • “Romanticism” on Artchive.http://artchive.com/artchive/romanticism.html

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