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Quick Tips on taking these notes

Quick Tips on taking these notes. You need to be able to identify some of the paintings that are representative of the different characteristics You should take notes on some of the images: colors, emotion, how does it fit the characteristic it is under.

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Quick Tips on taking these notes

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  1. Quick Tips on taking these notes • You need to be able to identify some of the paintings that are representative of the different characteristics • You should take notes on some of the images: colors, emotion, how does it fit the characteristic it is under. • You DO NOT need to copy down the name of every example image or take notes on every image. Pick the ones you like.

  2. ROMANTICISM: The Artistic Expression of Liberalism

  3. Today’s Standard • Standard 10.4. 5 Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. • What are the different characteristics of Romanticism and why did it emerge in the late 19th century as popular form of expression?

  4. The Spirit of the Age (1790-1850) • A sense of a shared vision among the Romantics. • Early support of the French Revolution. • Rise of the individual  alienation. • Dehumanization of industrialization. • Radical poetics / politics  an obsessionwith violent change.

  5. 1. Emotions! Passion! Irrationality!

  6. A Growing Distrust of Reason Early19c Enlightenment Romanticism Society is good, curbing violent impulses! Civilization corrupts! • The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional. • Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces. • “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness  the community is more important.

  7. The Romantic Movement • Began in the 1790s and peaked in the 1820s. • Mostly in Northern Europe, especially in Britain and Germany. • A reaction against classicism. • The “Romantic Hero:” • Greatest example was Lord Byron • Tremendously popular among the European reading public. • Youth imitated his haughtiness and rebelliousness.

  8. Characteristics of Romanticism The Engaged & Enraged Artist: • The artist apart from society. • The artist as social critic/revolutionary. • The artist as genius.

  9. Wandering Above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich,1818

  10. Lady Macbeth - Henry Fuseli, 1794

  11. 2. The "Rugged" Individual

  12. Characteristics of Romanticism The Individual/ The Dreamer: • Individuals have unique, endless potential. • Self-realization comes through art • Artists are the true philosophers.

  13. The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835

  14. Solitary Tree Caspar David Friedrich, 1823

  15. 3. The Power & Fury of Nature

  16. Characteristics of Romanticism Glorification of Nature: • Peaceful, restorative qualities [an escape from industrialization and the dehumanization it creates]. • Awesome, powerful, horrifying aspects of nature. • Indifferent to the fate of humans. • Overwhelming power of nature.

  17. An Avalanche in the AlpsPhilip James de Loutherbourg, 1803

  18. Sunset After a Storm On the Coast of Sicily – Andreas Achenbach, 1853

  19. The DelugeFrancis Danby, 1840

  20. Tree of CrowsCaspar David Friedrich, 1822

  21. The Wreck of the Hope (aka The Sea of Ice)Caspar David Friedrich, 1821

  22. Shipwreck – Joseph Turner, 1805

  23. The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault, 1819

  24. The Eruption of Vesuvius - John Martin

  25. 4. Science Can Be Dangerous!

  26. Isaac Newton – William Blake, 1795

  27. Dr. Frankenstein’s Adam & Eve??

  28. 5. The "New" Technology Is Dehumanizing

  29. Rain, Steam, and SpeedJoseph Mallord William Turner, 1844

  30. Rain, Steam, & Speed(details)

  31. The Slave ShipJoseph Mallord William Turner, 1842

  32. The Slave Ship(details)

  33. 6. Romanticizing Country Life

  34. Flatford Mill – John Constable, 1817

  35. The Corn FieldJohn Constable,1826

  36. The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821

  37. 7. The Gothic: "Romanticizing" the Middle Ages

  38. Characteristics of Romanticism Revival of Past Styles: • Gothic & Romanesque revival. • “Neo-Gothic” architectural style. • Medieval ruins were a favorite theme for art and poetry.

  39. Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s GroundJohn Constable, 1825

  40. Salisbury Cathedral from the MeadowsJohn Constable, 1831

  41. Hadleigh Castle - John Constable, 1829

  42. Eldena RuinGaspar David Friedrich, 1825

  43. Winter Landscape with ChurchGaspar David Friedrich, 1811

  44. British Houses of Parliament1840-1865

  45. 8. The Exotic, the Occult, and the Macabre!

  46. Characteristics of Romanticism The Supernatural: • Ghosts, fairies, witches, demons. • The shadows of the mind—dreams & madness. • The romantics rejected materialism in pursuit of spiritual self-awareness. • They yearned for the unknown and the unknowable.

  47. Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-1819

  48. Abbey in an Oak ForestCaspar David Friedrich, 1809-1810

  49. Mad Woman With a Mania of Envy TheodoreGericault, 1822-1823

  50. Pity - William Blake, 1795

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