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Romanticism

Chapter 4 section 4 Romanticism and Realism in the Western World Standard 10.3 #7 Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature, social criticism and the move away from classical Europe. Romanticism. New intellectual movement that emerges in the late 1700’s

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Romanticism

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  1. Chapter 4 section 4Romanticism and Realism in the Western WorldStandard 10.3 #7Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature, social criticism and the move away from classical Europe

  2. Romanticism • New intellectual movement that emerges in the late 1700’s • Based on feelings, emotion and imagination • Belief that inner feelings were only understood by the person feeling them • Valued uniqueness of each person • love of nature and the past

  3. Social Impact • People had a inner drive to know themselves = a rebellion against the norm • Grew long hair, beards, wore outrageous clothes to express uniqueness • Interest in the past led to Neo Gothic(built in the style of the middle ages) style of building

  4. Romanticism Literature • Reflected love of the past • Showed a attraction to the exotic and unfamiliar character = Gothic Literature like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein and Edgar Allen Poe’s short horror stories • Writers focused on misunderstood characters who were rejected by society but believed in their own self worth

  5. Romanticism Literature Cont. • Poetry was looked at as an expression of the soul • Many writers believed that industrialization would cause people to become alienated from their feelings and nature

  6. Romanticism Music • the composer was able to make people feel emotions from his music • Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest romantic composers • music makes the listener feel horror, pain, fear and terror

  7. Realist • Realist rejected romanticism and its ideas • Believed that the world should be viewed realistically

  8. Realist Literature • Wanted to write about ordinary “normal” people from actual real life situations • Tried to avoid using emotional language • Wrote novels rather then poetry ex: Charles Dickens- focused on stories about the lower & middle classes in Britain during the Industrial Age like Oliver Twist and Christmas Carol

  9. Realist Art“I have never seen either an angel or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them” Courbet • Sought to show everyday life of ordinary people • Gustave Courbet- French realist painter who painted scenes from everyday life

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