Romanticism

ROMANTICISMA Movement of the 19th Century and

Beyond

Romanticism A movement in literature, music and art A reaction to and against the structure

and reason of the Enlightenment

4 Major Areas of Romanticism Emotion Individualism Nature Glorification of the Past

Emotion Based on feeling; irrational feeling Gothic Romance

Rejected Enlightenments balance and rationalism Mystical, hysterical, passion of terrified heroes and

heroines Ex. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Love First celebrated romantic love as natural right of every

human

INDIVIDUALISM “Heroic Individualism”

Ex. Napoleon Ex. Jean Valjean in Les Miserable's

One is can make himself capable to be and do anything.

Directly connected to the self-created success of middle class

Nature Celebration of the outdoors Rooted in middle class Europeans interest

in non-city life Middle class longed for the purity and serene

settings in the countryside Ironic that nature is so prized during

Industrial Revolution

Glorification of the Past Looked back to simpler times

Weight of classical world (past and modern) too heavy

Why? How so?

Medievalism 12th -14th centuries Simpler lives

Good vs. Evil King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Robin Hood

Romantic Art

Romantic PoetryMy Soul is Dark

My soul is dark - Oh! quickly string

The harp I yet can brook to hear; And let thy gentle fingers flingIts melting murmurs o'er mine

ear.If in this heart a hope be dear,That sound shall charm it forth

again:  If in these eyes there lurk a

tear, 'Twill flow, and cease to burn my

brain. -Lord Byron

To Nature

It may indeed be phantasy, when IEssay to draw from all created

thingsDeep, heartfelt, inward joy that

closely clings ;And trace in leaves and flowers that

round me lieLessons of love and earnest piety.So let it be ; and if the wide world

ringsIn mock of this belief, it bringsNor fear, nor grief, nor vain

perplexity.

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

SHIFT TO REALISM

Some felt the need to move back to reality

Realism focuses on life as it is, NOT as it should be

REALISTIC not idealistic

Movement in politics, art and literature Reaction to stresses and realities of

industrialization

Daguerrotypes Daguerrotypes-

first photographs- true reality

Realism in Art

Impressionism Impressionists broke the rules of

academic painting they emphasized vivid overall effects

rather than details artist captures the image of an object as

someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it

How is this an extension of realism?

Impressionist Art

Monet, Renoir, Dega---famous Impressionist Artists