Transcript Journal # 1, MP 4 Romanticism

Journal
Take a moment to assess the
statement below, and in a few
sentences explain the point
the speaker makes about the
imagination.
“My imagination is a
monastery and I am its monk.”
John Keats
Then describe your own
relationship with
imagination and creativity.
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An artistic and
intellectual movement
originating in Europe in
the late 18th century
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A reaction to
Neoclassicism
(which was
unemotional and
strict, and a revival of
the ancient Greek
ideas of art)
Neoclassicism
Death of Marat (1793)
Jacques Louis David
Romanticism
Rain, Steam and Speed (1844)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Nature
The individual's expression of emotion and
imagination
Departure from the attitudes and forms of
classicism
Rebellion against established social rules and
conventions
The supernatural and the occult
The 5 I’s of Romanticism:
Imagination
• Intuition
• Idealism
• Inspiration
• Individuality
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Imagination 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.
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Romantics placed value on intuition, or
feeling and instincts, over reason.
Emotions were important in Romantic art.
British Romantic William Wordsworth
described poetry as “the spontaneous overflow
of powerful feelings.”
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Idealism 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.
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The Romantic artist, musician, or writer, is an
“inspired creator” rather than a “technical
master.”
“Going with the moment” or being
spontaneous, is valued over “getting it
precise.”
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Romantics celebrated the individual.
During this time period, Women’s Rights and
Abolitionism were taking root as major
movements.
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The sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrific,
but always awesome characteristics of nature.
Anti-industrialization (new technology).
The country setting as idealistic.
Importance of patriotism.
The exploration of Christian unknowns.
Fascination with foreign lands.
Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819) Theodore Gericault
The Nightmare
Henry Fuseli (1781)
The Slave Ship (1840) Joseph Mallord William Turner
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?
When the stars threw down their
spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make
thee?
And what shoulder, & what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
THE TYGER - GUILHERME MARCONDES
In what ways does the film “The Tyger” by
Guilherme Marcondes capture the spirit of
Blake’s poem of the same name and of
Romanticism in general?
Jane Eyre Paper: Due Monday, 4/27
Romantic Poetry Presentations: 5/1/2015
Poetry HW: Wordsworth and Coleridge Due 4/23