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Romanticism: Rejecting the Enlightenment. By Susan Pojer Horace Greeley High School Chappaqua, NY. How Was Romanticism a Rejection of the Enlightenment?. Emotions, passion, and irrationality The “rugged” individual The power and fury of nature The Gothic - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Romanticism: Rejecting the
Enlightenment
By Susan PojerHorace Greeley High SchoolChappaqua, NY
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How Was Romanticism a Rejection of the Enlightenment?
1) Emotions, passion, and irrationality2) The “rugged” individual3) The power and fury of nature4) The Gothic 5) The exotic, the occult, and the macabre6) Nationalism7) Exotic foreign lands
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EnlightenmentSociety is good, curbing
violent impulses!Civilization corrupts!
Romanticism
Early19th Century
A Growing Distrust of Reason
1) The essence of human experience is subjective and emotional.
2) Human knowledge is a puny thing compared to other great historical forces.
3) “Individual rights” are dangerous efforts at selfishness & the community is more important.
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Wandering Above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich,
1818
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Lady Macbeth - Henry Fuseli, 1794
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The Dreamer Gaspar David Friedrich, 1835
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Solitary Tree Caspar David Friedrich, 1823
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The DelugeFrancis Danby, 1840
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The Eruption of Vesuvius – John Martin
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Eldena RuinGaspar David Friedrich, 1825
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British Houses of Parliament1840-1865
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Cloister Cemetery in the SnowCaspar David Friedrich, 1817-1819
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Saturn DevoursHis Son
Francisco Goya,
1819-1823
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Liberty Leading the People Eugène Delacroix, 1830
Detail of the Musket Bearer
Delacoix, himself
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Napoleonat the
St. BernardPass
David,1803
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The Shooting of May 3, 1808Francisco Goya, 1815
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The Bullfight - Francisco Goya
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The Royal Pavillion at BrightonJohn Nash, 1815-1823