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Romanticism
Movement that reflected deep interest both in nature and in the thoughts and feelings of the individual.
Enlightenment idea of reason gave way to this movement in art and ideas.
Characteristics
Emphasized inner feelings, emotions, and imagination
Focused on mysterious, supernatural, exotic, grotesque, or horrifying
Idealized the past as simpler and nobler time Glorified heroes and heroic actions Cherished folk traditions, music, and stories Valued common people and the individual Promoted radical change and democracy
Romanticism Expressions
Poetry- to romantics poetry was the highest form of expression
Writing- novels, fairytales, and gothic novels
Music- emotion dominated the music produced by romantic composers.
Paintings- depicted romanticism ideas
Poetry
British poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge honored nature as the source of truth and beauty
Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote poems celebrating heroes, love, and the beauty of nature.
“She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”
-Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Writing- Romantics
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wrote The Sorrows of
Young Werther that detailed a man’s hopeless love for a married woman that leads him to suicide.
Victor Hugo- Wrote romantic works that
reflected fascination with history and the individual.
Hunchback of Notre Dame- shows the struggles of individuals against a hostile and oppressive society
WritingFairytales
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm- inspired by romanticism, they collected German fairytales and created a dictionary.
Fairytales were not suitable for children, but have been changed over the years
Little Red Riding Hood
Hansel and Gretel
Writing- Gothic Novels
Gothic horror stories that took place in medieval Gothic castles.
Filled with fearful, violent, and supernatural events
Mary Shelley wrote one of the earliest and most successful gothic horror stories......Frankenstein!
Music
Composers moved away from the tightly controlled, formal compositions of the Enlightenment period.
They celebrated heroism and national pride as music became part of middle-class life Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner brought
European opera to a dramatic and theatrical high point. Ludwig van Beethoven
Went from classical to romantic compositions Ninth Symphony soars, celebrating freedom, dignity,
and the triumph of the human spirit.
Paintings
In their eagerness to explore emotion, romantic artists had certain favorite subjects: nature, love, religion, and nationalism
Eugene Delacroix
Realism
Mid 19th century was affected by rapid industrialization.
Growing class of industrial workers lived grim lives in dirty, crowded cities.
Industrialization made romantic dreams pointless.
In literature and visual arts, realism showed life as it was, not as it should be.
Realism- Photography
Technological advancements allowed for mass distribution of photos that gained a wide audience.
Realism-Writing
Depicted actual events in life that would allow more details to be revealed.
Charles Dickens Described London’s working poor.
Emile Zola Novels exposed miseries of French workers in
small shops, factories, and coal mines. Shock readers and sparked reforms of labor laws
in France
Impressionism
Beginning in the 1860s, painters in Paris reacted to the realist style.
Tried to show their impression of a subject or moment in time.
Used pure, shimmering colors to capture a moment seen at a glance.
Impressionism-Paintings
Showed a more positive view of urban society
Instead of abused workers, they showed shop clerks and dock workers enjoying themselves Claude Monet