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The Romantic Movement

The Romantic Movement. Is reason all there is?. Romanticism defined…. A movement that glorified and celebrated nature , all emotion , imagination and the mysterious A reaction against the cold & calculated Enlightenment

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The Romantic Movement

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  1. The Romantic Movement Is reason all there is?

  2. Romanticism defined… • A movement that glorified and celebrated nature, all emotion , imagination and the mysterious • A reaction against the cold & calculated Enlightenment • A reaction against the French Revolution’s excesses AND the destruction of the Napoleonic Era • Honored Europe’s Medieval past • Worldview that included the existence of things beyond that of empirical observation • Is there more to life than science and numbers?

  3. Roots of Romanticism • Renaissance individualism • Protestantism’s emphasis on piety and devotion • German “Sturm und Drang”movement • Emotional & tragic… all of life • Rousseau • Is rationalism enough to explain the human experience? • Individual freedom of experience… learn by T & E • Kant • Human perception & knowledge = Senses + Process • Subjective • Innate Human Morality = Truth is beyond Reason

  4. Music of the Romantic Movement • Ludwig von Beethoven • German composer • Hearing impaired • Full orchestra use >> ↑ emotional range of music • Frederic Chopin • Polish child prodigy • Pianist & composer • Franz Liszt • Hungarian pianist & composer

  5. Literature of the Romantic Movement • British • Sir Walter Scott … novelist • Samuel Taylor Coleridge… poet • William Wordsworth… poet • Lord Byron … poet • John Keats… poet • Percy Shelley… poet • German • Johann W von Goethe (G)… novelist • Friedrich Schlegel (G)… novelist • French • Victor Hugo (F)… novelist There was a time when meadow, grove and stream, The earth and every common sight, To me did seem appareled in celestial light, The glory and freshness of a dream… -Wordsworth

  6. Art of the Romantic Movement • British • John Constable • JMW Turner • French • Eugene de la Croix • German • Caspar David Friedrich SUBLIME

  7. Architecture of the Romantic Movement • Neo-Gothic Revival • Medieval Style

  8. Romanticism & Religion • Religion includes emotion… is expressed in nature, God’s creation • John Wesley & Methodism • Reaction against Deism & rationalism • Revival – style… enthusiasm + emotional experience • Repentance > Conversion > Good Works > Godly life • Francois Rene de Chateaubriand & RC Revival • Inner – Passion derived from message and sacraments • Friedrich Schleiermacher • Emotional & physical dependence on the Infinite Being • 1 O FOR a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer's praise,The glories of my God and King,The triumphs of his grace! • 2 My gracious Master and my God,Assist me to proclaim,To spread through all the earth abroadThe honours of thy name. • 3 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,That bids our sorrows cease;'Tis music in the sinner's ears,'Tis life, and health, and peace. • 4 He breaks the power of cancelled sin,He sets the prisoner free;His blood can make the foulest clean,His blood availed for me.

  9. Romantic Nationalism • Glorification of individuals & individual cultures • JG Fichte (G) • Humanity has shaped the world… great persons • Johann G Herder (G) • Distinctiveness of culture & peoples • GWF Hegel (G) • Historical evolution… all cultures / eras valuable • Thesis (Idea)> Antithesis (Challenge) > Synthesis (New) • What about the Islamic world? • Anti-Islamic… Medieval / revived Christianity / Politics • Pro-Islamic… Literature / Herder / Hegel / Schleiermacher

  10. EXTRA CREDIT R.A.F.T. • Use your skills to create a “Romantic” piece of art, poetry or music & include a paragraph explanation of why it is ‘Romantic’ OR • Take an existing example of Romanticism and write a 1-page explanation of why this example qualifies as “Romantic” • Include a copy of the example

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