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ROMANTICISM

ROMANTICISM. THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF LIBERALISM. CHARACTERISTICS. Emotion over reason Glorification of nature Rejected Enlightenment view of the past Encouraged personal freedom and flexibility Emphasized feeling. PHILOSOPHICAL FORERUNNERS. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 1778)

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ROMANTICISM

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  1. ROMANTICISM THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF LIBERALISM

  2. CHARACTERISTICS • Emotion over reason • Glorification of nature • Rejected Enlightenment view of the past • Encouraged personal freedom and flexibility • Emphasized feeling

  3. PHILOSOPHICAL FORERUNNERS • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 – 1778) • Social Contract • Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) • Rationalism of Enlightenment while preserving belief in human freedom, immortality and God • Largely inspired by French Revolution • Sturm und Drang – storm and stress • George William Friedreich Hegel (1770 – 1831) • Leading figure of German idealism

  4. ROMANTIC POETRY • Romantics believed poetry was supreme over all other literary forms – expression of the soul • Germany • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) • England • William Wordsworth (1771 – 1855) • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) • Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) • Rob Roy, Ivanhoe • Lord Byron • Percy Bysshe Shelley

  5. LITERATURE • George Sand – emphasized themes of romantic love of nature and moral idealism • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Faust – tragic drama – demonstrates romantic criticism of Enlightenment’s rationality and empiricism • Victor Hugo • Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables • Use of fantastic characters, strange settings, emotions • Grimm Brothers • German romanticism and nationalism tied together

  6. ART • Caspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840) • Eugene Delacroix(1796 – 1863) • Theodore Gericault (1791 – 1824) • J.M.W. Turner (1775 – 1851) • John Constable (1776 – 1837)

  7. Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People Friedrich: Wanderers Above the Mist J.M.W. Turner: The Slave Ship Gericault: Raft of the Medusa Constable: Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

  8. MUSIC • Places a strong connection with emotion as well as nationalism • Ludwig von Beethoven (1770 – 1826) • Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) • Hector Berloiz(1803 – 1869) • Frederick Chopin (1810 – 1849) • Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) • Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1883) • Peter Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)

  9. ARCHITECTURE • Returned to medieval ideals in certain respects • Gothic revival architecture

  10. CONNECTION TO POLITICS AND REVOLUTION

  11. PHILOSOPHY • Romantics believed in revolutionary movements that would give people more freedom and control over their lives • Supported nationalistic movements that emphasized cultural traditions and languages of Europe’s varied peoples • Revolutionary movements were highly idealized and probably not attainable with political realities of the era • Art of the period tended to idealize these movements

  12. FRANCE • Eugene Delacroix • Massacre at Chios, 1824 • Portrays Greek Christians who seek independence as victims of Ottoman savagery • Liberty Leading the People, 1830 • idealized portrayal of popular revolution

  13. Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830

  14. Detail of theMusket BearerDelacroix, himself

  15. GERMANY • Disillusionment with Napoleon and French Revolution pushed German romantics towards nationalistic views – individuals fulfilled by being part of a national culture, united by history • Johann Gottfried von Herder • Leader of sturm und drang movement • Believed individual had reached highest stage of development through passionate connection with national community – volksgeist • Grimm’s fairy tales furthered notion of German culture

  16. ITALY • Popular revolt led by Mazzini and Garibaldi had strong idealistic and Romantic overtones • Giuseppe Verdi – operas evoked strong nationalistic views • Figure head of Italian nationalistic movement • Early operas are allegories of Italy trying to rid foreign influence

  17. EVENTUAL FAILURES OF REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 LED TO DISILLUSIONMENT WITH ROMANTIC GOALS THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR RISE OF REALISM AS A DOMINANT NEW ARTISTIC MOVEMENT

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