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The Romantic MovementIs reason all there is?
Romanticism defined…A movement that glorified and celebrated
nature, all emotion , imagination and the mysterious
A reaction against the cold & calculated Enlightenment
A reaction against the French Revolution’s excesses AND the destruction of the Napoleonic Era
Honored Europe’s Medieval pastWorldview that included the existence of
things beyond that of empirical observationArt – Music – Literature – Philosophy - PoliticsIs there more to life than science and numbers?
Roots of RomanticismRenaissance individualismProtestantism’s emphasis on piety and devotionGerman “Sturm und Drang” movement
Emotional & tragic… all of lifeRousseau
Is rationalism enough to explain the human experience?
Individual freedom of experience… learn by T & E
KantHuman perception & knowledge = Senses + ProcessSubjectiveInnate Human Morality = Truth is beyond Reason
Music of the Romantic MovementLudwig von
BeethovenGerman composerHearing impairedFull orchestra use
>> ↑ emotional range of
musicFrederic Chopin
Polish child prodigyPianist & composer
Franz LisztHungarian pianist
& composer
Literature of the Romantic MovementBritish
Sir Walter Scott … novelistSamuel Taylor Coleridge…
poetWilliam Wordsworth… poetLord Byron … poetJohn Keats… poetPercy Shelley… poet
GermanJohann W von Goethe (G)…
novelistFriedrich Schlegel (G)…
novelistFrench
Victor Hugo (F)… novelist
There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,
The earth and every common sight,
To me did seem appareled in celestial light,
The glory and freshness of a dream…
-Wordsworth
Art of the Romantic MovementBritish… John Constable… natural
wonderSalisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
Art of the Romantic MovementGerman
Caspar David Friedrich… natural wonderWanderer Above the Sea of Fog
Art of the Romantic MovementBritish… JMW Turner … technology vs. nature
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway
Art of the Romantic MovementFrench… Eugene de la Croix… great
deedsLiberty Leading the
People
Architecture of the Romantic MovementNeo-Gothic
RevivalMedieval Style
Romanticism &
Religious Faith
Religion includes emotion… is expressed in nature, God’s creationJohn Wesley & Methodism
Reaction against Deism & rationalism
Revival – style… enthusiasm + emotional experience
Repentance > Conversion > Good Works > Godly life
Francois Rene de Chateaubriand & RC RevivalInner – Passion derived from
message and sacraments Friedrich Schleiermacher
Emotional & physical dependence on the Infinite Being
1 O FOR a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer's praise,The glories of my God and King,The triumphs of his grace!
Romantic NationalismGlorification of individuals & individual culturesJG Fichte (G)
Humanity shapes the world… great personsJohann G Herder (G)
Distinctiveness of culture & peoplesAll contribute to humanity
GWF Hegel (G)Historical evolution… all cultures / eras
valuableThesis (Idea)> Antithesis (Challenge) >
Synthesis (New)What about the Islamic world?
Anti-Islamic… Medieval / revived Christianity / Politics
Pro-Islamic… Literature / Herder / Hegel / Schleiermacher
RAFTUse your skills to create a “Romantic”
piece of art, poetry or music & include a paragraph explanation of why it is ‘Romantic’
ORTake an existing example of
Romanticism and write a 1-page explanation of why this example qualifies as “Romantic”Include a copy of the example