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Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. Romanticism. A new way of thinking, painting, writing, etc. Nationalism. American Revolution Louisiana Purchase – 1803 – doubled the size of the country War of 1812 gave Americans confidence 1849 – California Gold Rush

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Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

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  1. Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

  2. Romanticism A new way of thinking, painting, writing, etc.

  3. Nationalism American Revolution Louisiana Purchase – 1803 – doubled the size of the country War of 1812 gave Americans confidence 1849 – California Gold Rush transportation improved – canals & trains

  4. Basics of Romanticism Values feeling and intuition over reason Places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication Champions individual freedom and the worth of the individual

  5. Romanticism, continued • Contemplates nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development • Looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress • Finds beauty and truth in exotic locals, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination • Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and old culture

  6. Thomas Cole – The Voyage of Life: Youth

  7. “Light” side of Romanticism nature teaches lessons, enhances understanding close study of everyday objects look inside yourself for truth and answers

  8. Francisco de Goya – The Third of May, 1808

  9. “Dark” side of Romanticism fantastic and supernatural aspects of human experience “dark” side of human nature Historic and/or exotic settings

  10. “Light” side (mostly poets) William Cullen Bryant Oliver Wendell Holmes John Greenleaf Whittier Henry Wadsworth Longfellow James Russel Lowell “Dark” side (all sorts) Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper Edgar Allan Poe Nathanial Hawthorne Herman Melville Romantic Authors

  11. The Fireside Poets America’s First Literary Stars We watched the first red blaze appear, Heard the sharp crackle, caught the gleam On whitewashed wall and sagging beam, from Snow-bound, John Greenleaf Whittier

  12. The Fireside Poets • First group of American poets to rival British poets in popularity in either country. • Preferred conventional forms over experimentation. • Often used American legends and scenes of American life as their subject matter.

  13. Who were the Fireside Poets? • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Oliver Wendell Holmes • John Greenleaf Whittier • James Russell Lowell • William Cullen Bryant?*

  14. Lasting Impact • Longfellow: the most popular American poet for decades. The first American poet to be immortalized in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner • Took on causes such as the abolition of slavery, which forth that issue • Paved the way for later Romantic writers like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman.

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