Transcript Religious Intolerance in the 1800s

Romanticism Movement
By: Sara McComas
Walter W. Stiern Middle School
Ms. Marshall
2009/2010
H.S.S.: 7.11
The Romanticism Movement
•Romanticism or the Romantic movement was a concept that
included different art mediums; from music to painting to
literature.
•Romanticism involved a great interest in nature, emphasis
on individuality, and the rejection of established rules
•Romantic artists believed each person brings a unique view
to the world
Breaking Away From Normality
•Romantic artists used emotion to guide
their creative output
•Their works celebrated beauty and wonder
of nature in the United States
•This idea contrasted with huge cities
and corruption of nature that was
typical of that time
Art
•Painting was the greatest achievement of Romanticism
•Painters like Turner and Constable increased the
popularity of landscape painting to new heights by giving
heroic overtones to natural scenes.
Literature
• Romantic literature discarded the formality
of the heroic couplet and embraced a lyrical openness of
style.
• Literature as it is now understood implies an idea that
was not there before Romanticism.
Music
•Romanticism artists tried to stay with the original ideas of
Classical music
•Many artists used their home countries to inspire their
music
•Most of the works of the time were programme, or music
without words that told a story or depicted a scene
Architecture
•Many of the great architectural works of the time were
picturesque
•Included asymmetrical plans, exotic designs, and effects
that contrasted with nature
•Some architects emphasized ornamental and visual values.
Sensitivity to materials, colors, textures, and simplicity of
construction
Hudson River School
•Hudson River School was the first American school of
landscape painting active from 1835-1870.
•The subjects of their art were romantic spectacles from
the Hudson River Valley and upstate New York.
•Some Hudson River School artists include: George Caleb
Bingham, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Moran, Albert
Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, George Inness, John
Frederic Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade...
Sculpture
• The 19th century is seen as the golden age of
sculpture
• Sculptors tried to show that their creations
were a response to the same revolutionary
feeling as those of painters
• They favored the following traits: freedom of
solid contemporary themes; preference of
movement and tension; a curiosity for
imperfections, even the grotesque; rejection of
the rules of anatomy and composition; a search
for vivid and thought provoking effects; and a
depiction of all types of emotion
Bibliography
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February 26th, 2010
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm
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Reyero, Carlos. The Key to Art From Romanticism to Impressionism.
Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1988, 1990
Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. “The Music of the Romantic Era.” Connexions.
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