Transcript The Romanticism Revolution

The Romanticism
Movement
Mariah Norris
W. Stiern
Ms . Marshall
Standard:
Romanticism Movement
• Concept that included different art mediums
from painting to music to literature
• A movement in literature and art in the late that
started in the 18th and early 19th century in
Europe that focused on nature rather than
civilization
Romanticism
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Focuses on emotion rather than reason
Celebrates beauty and wonder of nature
an exciting and mysterious quality
impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
Art
• Greatest achievement was paintings
• Romanticism exalted individualism,
irrationalism, imagination, emotions
over senses or intellect
Literature
• emphasizes the imagination,
emotions, and creativity of the
individual artist
• Idea of lyrical openness of style
Painters and Writers
• Thought each person brings a unique view
to the world
• Believed you should use emotion to guide
your creative output
• Famous painters like turner increased the
popularity of landscapes
Nature
• presented as itself a work of art,
constructed by a divine imagination, in
emblematic language
• Romantic nature poetry is essentially a
poetry of meditation
Sculptures
• The 19th century was considered the
golden age of sculptures
• Included Romantic quality or spirit in
thought, expression, or action through
Many considered the 19th century to be the
materials
Symbolism and Myth
• Used from mythology and dream imagery
• symbols were the human aesthetic
correlatives of nature's emblematic
language
• desire to express the "inexpressible
Hudson River School
• First school of landscapes in America.
• Their art subjects were romantic
spectacles from the Hudson River Valley
• Active from 1835-1870
Bibliography
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“Romanticism” A Guide to the Study of Literature: A Companion Text for
Core Studies 6, Landmarks of Literature, ©English Department, Brooklyn
College. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html
Lorrie Brown The romanticism movement Suite101.com January
27,2008.Date accessed :April
23,2010.http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_romantic_mo
vement
Romanticism www.huntfor.com Date Accessed : April 23,2010
<http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm>