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Revolution: Romanticism to Realism

Revolution: Romanticism to Realism. Agenda. Bell Ringer: Who am I? Very quick lecture: Romanticism and Revolution Chart interpretation: Romanticism vs Impressionism vs Realism Literary analysis: Comparing Romanticism to Realism Image analysis: The changing paintings of the era.

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Revolution: Romanticism to Realism

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  1. Revolution: Romanticism to Realism

  2. Agenda • Bell Ringer: Who am I? • Very quick lecture: Romanticism and Revolution • Chart interpretation: Romanticism vs Impressionism vs Realism • Literary analysis: Comparing Romanticism to Realism • Image analysis: The changing paintings of the era. • Review Guide and Test Format, questions about the exam. • HW: Work on Review Guide, Test will be on Thursday, December 15th, 2016.

  3. Ideas of Romanticism • Moving away from reason, concentrating on emotion • Focus on the mysterious and supernatural • Glorified heroes • Promoted radical change and democracy • The past as nostalgia

  4. Romanticism Literature • Victor Hugo and Wordsworth known Romantics. • Struggles of individuals against a hostile society. • Celebrated rebellious heroes, love, and the beauty of nature. • Gothic Novels also part of the Romantic movement. • Commonly had violent or supernatural events associated with them. (Mary Shelley)

  5. Realism • This was an attempt to show life as it is. • Shows political importance of the working class and rise of industrialization. • An attempt to describe workers’ suffering. • Dickens would show despair in London. • Photography develops. • Daguerreotypes were on metal plates, but William Talbot would expand to using paper.

  6. Impressionists • Painters in Paris began to move against this realist style. • They wanted to give “their” impression of a moment in time. • Much more positive than the realists, they tended to show the middle class enjoying leisure-time.

  7. Which type of painting?

  8. Which Type of Painting?

  9. Which Type of Painting?

  10. Objectives What is Romanticism? What are characteristics of: Romanticism Realism Impressionism

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