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Explore the changing dynamics of state and religion from the period 1450-1815, contrasting Enlightenment rationality with the emotional essence of Romanticism.
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Mighty Mustang Monday JANUARY 11, 2016 Warm-Up Throughout the first period of our class 1450-1648 religion was seen as one of the most important issues of state, often intertwined with the running of the nation. How has that changed in the second period, 1648-1815? • Agenda: • Warm-Up • FN: Romanticism • Home Fun: • Read, Mark and annotate Document Packet • Terms Quiz on Ch. 18/19 terms this Thursday Notebooks due Thurs AP Euro
Key Concept – 2.4 Period 2 (1648-1815) The popularization and dissemination of the Scientific Revolution and the application of its methods to political, social and ethical issues led to an increased, although not unchallenged, emphasis on reason in European culture VI. While Enlightenment values dominated the world of European ideas, they were challenged by the revival of public sentiment and feeling. C. Romanticism emerged as a challenge to Enlightenment rationality.
Terrific Tuesday JANUARY 12, 2016 Notebooks due Thurs Take out your notes on Romanticism Precious time – 10 min. • Agenda: • Precious Time • FN: Romanticism • Home Fun: • Socratic Seminar Prep • LEQ Prep AP Euro
ROMANTICISM: The Artistic Expression of Liberalism EQ - How did Romanticism challenge the rationality of the Enlightenment? Which characteristics do this best? Why?
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.
1. Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!
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.
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.
Characteristics of Romanticism The Engaged & Enraged Artist: • The artist apart from society. • The artist as social critic/revolutionary. • The artist as genius.
2. The "Rugged" Individual
Characteristics of Romanticism The Individual/ The Dreamer: • Individuals have unique, endless potential. • Self-realization comes through art • Artists are the true philosophers.
3. The Power & Fury of Nature
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.
Sunset After a Storm On the Coast of Sicily – Andreas Achenbach, 1853
4. Science Can Be Dangerous!
5. The "New" Technology Is Dehumanizing
6. Romanticizing Country Life
7. The Gothic: "Romanticizing" the Middle Ages
Characteristics of Romanticism Revival of Past Styles: • Gothic & Romanesque revival. • “Neo-Gothic” architectural style. • Medieval ruins were a favorite theme for art and poetry.
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s GroundJohn Constable, 1825
8. The Exotic, the Occult, and the Macabre!
Characteristics of Romanticism The Supernatural: • Ghosts, fairies, witches, demons. • The shadows of the mind—dreams & madness. • The romantics rejected materialism in pursuit of spiritual self-awareness. • They yearned for the unknown and the unknowable.
Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-1819
Mad Woman With a Mania of Envy TheodoreGericault, 1822-1823
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the SunWilliam Blake, 1808-1810