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19th Century Artistic and Literary Movements Romanticism Realism Symbolism Impressionism Post-Impressionism. Romanticism. Emotion Feeling Grandeur Imagination Nationalism History and Folk Tales Nature. Romanticism. Associated with the Middle Class Emphasis on individual fulfillment.
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19th Century Artistic and Literary MovementsRomanticismRealismSymbolismImpressionismPost-Impressionism
Romanticism EmotionFeelingGrandeurImaginationNationalismHistory and Folk TalesNature
Romanticism • Associated with the Middle Class • Emphasis on individual fulfillment. • Imagination and Emotion. • Rebellion against classicism
Massacre at Chios by Delacroix Note connections to nationalism
Romanticism in Literature • William Wordsworth “I wander’d lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o’er vales and hills.” • Lord Byron--”When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, Let him combat for that of his neighbors; Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome, and get knocked on his head for his labors.” • Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein • Grimm’s Fairy Tales • Arthurian Tales and Legends
Poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth Lake District Poets Percy Bryce Shelley Lord Byron Writers Goethe’s Faust--The struggle in the mind of a heroic individual. Sir Walter Scott--the historical novel Ivanhoe. Alexandre Dumas--The Three Musketeers Literature
Beethoven as a bridge b/w classical and romantic 3rd Symphony—Eroica initially dedicated to Napoleon. Richard Wagner (German) Franz Schubert Franz Liszt Tchaikovsky (Russia) 1812 Overture Opera--Emotion!!! Paganini--Italian Verdi--Italian link with nationalism--Victor Emmanual Roi d’Italia Puccini--La Boheme Romantic Music
RealismPhotographEveryday ImagesNot glamourousNot emotional/feelingReal life situations
Courbet—”Show me an angel and I will paint you an angel” The Painter’s Studio The Stone Breakers Constable—Landscapes (also Romanticism) The Haywain Daumier 3rd Class Carriage. Millet The Sower Realism Artists
Realism in Literature • Charles Dickens--Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times • “It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it.” Hard Times • The Beggar by Chekov
Symbolism • Verlaine--French Poet • "There is weeping in my heart, Like the rain falling on the city." • Shadowy images evoked by symbols • Gave impressions by suggestion rather than by direct statement. • Focused on exotic and imagery to suggest the world of the spirit
ImpressionismImagesFeelingEmotionMoodsNon-photographEveryday life
Post ImpressionismBroader StrokesVivid ColorsEmphasized Moods and images
Practice Time Can you match the painting with the movement in the 19th century?