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Artistic & Artistic & Philosophical Philosophical MovementMovement

– Late 18th Century – Mid 19th Century– European, to lesser extent American– Response to Industrialization– Related to the rise of Nationalism

Enlightenment• Reason• Universal Truths• Natural Order• Academies• Patronage• Neoclassical • Society

Romanticism• Imagination/Emotion• Human Uniqueness• Nature is Wild• Artistic Individualism• Independence• Medieval Romances• Solitude

• French Revolution 1789

• Series of revolutionsin Europe 1820-1848

• Industrial Revolution– England– France– Germany

• Urbanization

Turn and Talk #1Turn and Talk #1With a neighbor, make sure you

have the correct answers on your handout.

Then, discuss what it must have been like to be a lower class person during this period in England.

Jot some of your ideas down on your handout.

DefinitionDefinitionRomanticism refers to a

movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century.

Romanticism is characterized by the five “I”s

ImaginationIntuitionIdealismInspirationIndividuality

ImaginationImaginationImagination was emphasized over

“reason.”This was a backlash against the

rationalism characterized by the Neoclassical period or “Age of Reason.”

Imagination was considered necessary for creating all art.

British writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge called it “intellectual intuition.”

IntuitionIntuitionRomantics placed value on

“intuition,” or feeling and instincts, over reason.

Emotions were important in Romantic art… fuel for creativity.

British Romantic William Wordsworth described poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”

IdealismIdealismIdealism is the concept that we

can make the world a better place.

Idealism refers to any theory that emphasizes the spirit, the mind, or language over matter – thought has a crucial role in making the world the way it is.

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, held that the mind forces the world we perceive to take the shape of space-and-time.

InspirationInspirationThe Romantic artist, musician, or

writer, is an “inspired creator” rather than a “technical master.”

What this means is “going with the moment” or being spontaneous, rather than “getting it precise.”

IndividualityIndividualityRomantics celebrated the

individual (including the common person).

During this time period, Women’s Rights and Abolitionism were taking root as major movements.

Walt Whitman, a later Romantic writer, would write a poem entitled “Song of Myself”: it begins, “I celebrate myself…”

Turn and Talk #2Turn and Talk #2With a neighbor, discuss some of

the differences in the ideology of the Restoration writers and the Romantic writers.

How could these differences affect the writing we will be studying?

Jot some of your ideas down on your handout.

OriginsOriginsRomanticism began to take root

as a movement following the French Revolution.

The publication of Lyrical BalladsLyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1792 is considered the beginning of literary Romanticism.

The new focus will be common folks and common language!

The ArtsThe ArtsRomanticism was a movement across

all the arts: visual art, music, and literature.

All of the arts embraced themes prevalent in the romances of the Middle Ages: chivalry, courtly love etc.

Literature and art from this time depicted these themes. Music (ballets and operas) illustrated these themes.

Shakespeare came back into vogue.

Visual ArtsVisual ArtsNeoclassical art

was rigid, severe, and unemotional; it hearkened back to ancient Greece and Rome

Romantic art was emotional, deeply-felt, individualistic, and exotic. It has been described as a reaction to Neoclassicism, or “anti-Classicism.”

Visual Arts: Visual Arts: ExamplesExamples

Neoclassical Art

Romantic Art

MusicMusic“Classical”

musicians included composers like Mozart and Haydn.

1730-1820Classical music

emphasized internal order and balance.

Romantic musicians included composers like Chopin, Lizst, and Tchaikovsky

1800-1910.Romantic music

emphasized expression of feelings.

LiteratureLiteratureIn America, Romanticism most

strongly impacted literature.Writers explored supernatural and

gothic themes. Writers wrote about nature –

Transcendentalists believed God was in nature, unlike “Age of Reason” writers like Franklin and Jefferson, who saw God as a “divine watchmaker,” who created the universe and left it to run itself (aka Deism).

Turn and Talk #3Turn and Talk #3

Are your fill-ins complete and correct?

Discuss: Based on what you know about the French Revolution, why do you think is had such a profound effect on philosophers, writers, and artists?

Jot some of your ideas down on your handout.

Pick & Pick & ChooseChoose

Define Romanticism in your own words.

What are the most important facts in the PowerPoint?

Describe the philosophy of this period.

How do you feel about rebellion?

How do you feel about the idea of the importance of the individual?

What are the subjects Romantic poets preferred to write about?

What evidence did you see in the presentation that the arts were changing?

Compare and contrast the Restoration and Romanticism.

Why do you think Wordsworth wanted to switch from lofty language to more common language?

Create a metaphor for rebellion.

How would it sound if you composed a instrumental song to capture the Romantic Movement?

Design a symbol representing Romantic poets.

With a partner, pick one With a partner, pick one questions from each color questions from each color group. Record you answers group. Record you answers in complete sentences. in complete sentences.