What is the Appeal of Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves, Ghosts, and other supernatural creatures
in books, movies, and TV?
Vocabulary:
• Romanticism – Artistic movement of the 18th and 19th Centuries that emphasized emotions and feelings over reason and science, partly as a reaction against the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution.
• Irrational- to be without reason.• Macabre- To be preoccupied or to think
often on death.• Gothic- Having to do with the middle ages.
Characteristics of Romanticism
Characteristics of Romanticism
1.The Engaged & Enraged Artist The artist must be separate
from from corrupting society.
The artist must be the Critic of society, must start Revolution.
The artist as genius.
1.The Engaged & Enraged Artist The artist must be separate
from from corrupting society.
The artist must be the Critic of society, must start Revolution.
The artist as genius.
Characteristics of Romanticism
Characteristics of Romanticism
2.Glorification of Nature: Peaceful, restorative
qualities that can provide an escape from the cities and work.
Awesome, powerful, horrifying aspects of nature.
Uncaring of the fate of humans.
Overwhelming power of nature.
2.Glorification of Nature: Peaceful, restorative
qualities that can provide an escape from the cities and work.
Awesome, powerful, horrifying aspects of nature.
Uncaring of the fate of humans.
Overwhelming power of nature.
Characteristics of Romanticism
Characteristics of Romanticism
3.The Supernatural: Ghosts, fairies, witches,
demons, Oh My!
The shadows of the mind—dreams & madness.
A reaction to rationalism [an escape from reason!]
3.The Supernatural: Ghosts, fairies, witches,
demons, Oh My!
The shadows of the mind—dreams & madness.
A reaction to rationalism [an escape from reason!]
Characteristics of Romanticism
Characteristics of Romanticism4.Exoticism:
Things that are different are more interesting.
A sense of escape from reality.
The desire to acquire that which is new and different
Revival of Past Styles:
Gothic & Romanesque revival.
4.Exoticism: Things that are different are
more interesting.
A sense of escape from reality.
The desire to acquire that which is new and different
Revival of Past Styles:
Gothic & Romanesque revival.
Characteristics of Romanticism
5. Nationalism Pride in your nation over other
nations Interest in your folklore, music
and language Focus on being part of a country
rather than part of Europe
TheEnlightenment
TheEnlightenment
Society is good, curbing violent impulses!
Society is good, curbing violent impulses!
Civilization corrupts;institutions increase corruption!
Civilization corrupts;institutions increase corruption!
Romanticism
Romanticism
Early19c
The New Romantics Paint what they
Feel, and what they Believe…
Lady Macbeth - Henry Fuseli, 1794
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Eugène Delacroix,
1827
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Eugène Delacroix,
1827
Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830
Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830
The Shooting of May 3, 1808Francisco Goya, 1815
The Shooting of May 3, 1808Francisco Goya, 1815
Wandering Above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich,
1818
Wandering Above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich,
1818
The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835
The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835
An Avalanche in the AlpsPhilip James de Loutherbourg,
1803
An Avalanche in the AlpsPhilip James de Loutherbourg,
1803
The DelugeFrancis Danby, 1840
The DelugeFrancis Danby, 1840
The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault, 1819The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault, 1819
Theodore Von Holst
Frontispiece to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein published by Colburn and
Bentley, London
1831
The Corn Field
John Constable,
1826
The Corn Field
John Constable,
1826
The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821
The Hay Wain - John Constable, 1821
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
John Constable, 1831
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
John Constable, 1831
Winter Landscape with ChurchGaspar David Friedrich, 1811
Winter Landscape with ChurchGaspar David Friedrich, 1811
British Houses of Parliament1840-1865
British Houses of Parliament1840-1865
Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon
Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825
Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon
Gaspar David Friedrich, 1825
Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-
1819
Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-
1819
Pandemonium - John Martin, 1841
Pandemonium - John Martin, 1841
Nightmare (The Incubus)Henry Fuseli, 1781
Nightmare (The Incubus)Henry Fuseli, 1781
Saturn DevoursHis Son
Francisco Goya,
1819-1823
Saturn DevoursHis Son
Francisco Goya,
1819-1823
The Fanatics of TangiersEugène Delacroix, 1837-1838The Fanatics of Tangiers
Eugène Delacroix, 1837-1838
The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage
Eugène Delacroix, 1845
The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage
Eugène Delacroix, 1845
The Royal Pavillion at BrightonJohn Nash, 1815-1823
The Royal Pavillion at BrightonJohn Nash, 1815-1823