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The Romantic Age, (1815 - 1848): The “Isms” - Europe Ideologically after the Congress of Vienna. “Romanticism is the expression of man's urge to rise above reason and common sense, just as rationalism is the expression of his urge to rise above theology and emotion .”
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The Romantic Age, (1815 - 1848):The “Isms” - Europe Ideologically after the Congress of Vienna “Romanticism is the expression of man's urge to rise above reason and common sense, just as rationalism is the expression of his urge to rise above theology and emotion.” - Charles Yost
Overview Ideas will become more systematic during this period Not just philosophical musings Very organized and competing with other ideas Emergence of the social sciences Ideologies Nationalism Romanticism Classical Liberalism Radicalism, Republicanism, and Socialism Feminism Conservativism Humanitarianism
Nationalism Definition The “nation” is all important, not the ruler Inherently a revolutionary idea, feared by all Artists search for what their “nation” means
Nationalism in Germany Humiliation of French defeats Herder - Volkgeist Reforms in Prussia Baron Stein Hegel Illuminati German Confederation in 1820
Nationalism in Italy Giuseppe Mazzini Italy in 1859
Romanticism Love of the unclassifiable Spiritual depth Opposed to the Enlightenment Human emotions are the most important Civilization is corrupting Nature is all powerful Science is dangerous! Industrialization is bad Rural life is good! Nationalism Romantic Novels & Poets Neo-Gothic Architecture Wander Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice)Caspar David Friedrich, 1821
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s GroundJohn Constable, 1825
Napoleonat theSt. BernardPass David,1803
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the SunWilliam Blake, 1808-1810
The Great Age of the Novel • Gothic Novel:Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1847) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (1847) Historical Novel:Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott (1819)Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (1862)The Three Musketeers – Alexander Dumas (1844) Science Fiction Novel:Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (1817) Dracula – Bramm Stoker (1897
George Gordon’s(Lord Byron)Poem ThePrisonerof Chillon
SamuelTaylorColeridge’sPoem, The Rimeof theAncientMariner
Classical Liberalism Ideas of the business class Beliefs Free press & assembly Tolerant of religion Constitutional monarchy Laissez-faire John Stuart Mill
English Radicalism Return to the roots of society Totally reconstruct society and government Universal male suffrage Jeremy Bentham
Republicanism English Radicalism on the Continent Anti-clerical Fans of the First French Republic – Reign of Terror folks Wanted republics, not monarchs
Socialism Republicanism with an economic edge Economic system too chaotic Must be regulated Anti-laissez faire State sponsored “workshops” - i.e. factories & companies Count de Saint-Simon Robert Owen Louis Blanc Charles Fourier
Feminism Florence Nightengale
Conservatism Gradual Adaptation of society Maintain the status quo No nationalism No republics – monarchies Adhered to by nobility and monarchs Fear of the French Revolution Edmund Burke Prince Klemens von Metternich
Humanitarianism Sense of cruelty inflicted upon others Torture is gone Prisons, asylums, and government agencies improved Enlightenment ideas still strong
Summary Nationalism began to appear Romanticism Rejected Neo-Classicism and the Enlightenment Connected to Nationalism Radicals, Socialists, and Republicans mixed ideas Feminism began Conservatives rejected all of this