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CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM

CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM. Greek/Roman influence Emphasis on Society Age of Reason Rationality Philosophy Deism Euro-centric Cities Enlightenment Science. Medieval/Oriental influence Emphasis on Individual Age of Passion Emotion Imagination Spirituality Interest in the Exotic

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CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM

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  1. CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM

  2. Greek/Roman influence Emphasis on Society Age of Reason Rationality Philosophy Deism Euro-centric Cities Enlightenment Science Medieval/Oriental influence Emphasis on Individual Age of Passion Emotion Imagination Spirituality Interest in the Exotic Nature: pastoral and wild Revolution Social Justice Neo-Classicism vs Romanticism

  3. Universal Subject to human control Gardens Source of peace and tranquillity Untamed nature: dangerous/evil Particular Beyond human control Mountains, oceans, forests Source of inspiration and spirituality Untamed nature: exhilarating/sublime NATURENeo-Classical Romantic

  4. Gainsborough, St James Park

  5. Friedrich, Solitary Tree

  6. Universal Subject to human control Marriage Social Contract Economic Contract Attraction between social and intellectual equals Source of peace and tranquillity Particular Beyond human control Passion Individual choice Search for soul-mate Forbidden attractions: social, exotic, incestual Source of inspiration, exhilaration and despair LOVENeo-Classical Romantic

  7. Gaspar Netscher A Musical Evening

  8. John Smibert, Bishop Berkeley and His Family

  9. Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at Sunrise

  10. William Blake The Enslavement of Experience The Transcendance of Imagination

  11. Neo-Classical Artist • Social • Arbiter of Taste • Elitist • Moral • Intellectual • Critic Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Diderot

  12. Romantic Artist • Loner • Unconventional • Interested in the “noble savage” • Amoral • Genius • Prophet George Gordon Lord Byron

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