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1818thth century is about human century is about human reasonreason

1919thth century is about century is about emotionemotion

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Romantic MovementRomantic Movement Swept across Europe during Swept across Europe during

the first half of the the first half of the nineteenth centurynineteenth century

Influenced religion, art, Influenced religion, art, music, and philosophymusic, and philosophy

Inspired a desire for freedom Inspired a desire for freedom of thought, feeling, and of thought, feeling, and action. action. Emotion.Emotion.

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CharacteristicsCharacteristics

The Enlightenment stressed The Enlightenment stressed reason as a way to reason as a way to understand nature.understand nature.

Romantics rejected reason, Romantics rejected reason, and instead stressed and instead stressed emotion, intuition, and emotion, intuition, and subjective feelings.subjective feelings.

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Characteristics: Characteristics: a different a different pastpast

Neoclassical artists from the Neoclassical artists from the late 18late 18thth century looked to century looked to Greece and Rome for models of Greece and Rome for models of order and clarity.order and clarity.

Romantics looked to the Romantics looked to the medieval period for models of medieval period for models of chivalrous heroes, miraculous chivalrous heroes, miraculous events, and unsolved mysteries.events, and unsolved mysteries.

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Characteristics: Characteristics: view of view of naturenature

Enlightened thinkers relied on Enlightened thinkers relied on the scientific method to study the scientific method to study and understand nature.and understand nature.

Romantics preferred to Romantics preferred to contemplate the beauty of contemplate the beauty of nature. They were inspired by nature. They were inspired by flowing rivers, great storms, and flowing rivers, great storms, and majestic mountains.majestic mountains.

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Characteristics: Characteristics: religionreligion Romantics believed in a Romantics believed in a

loving, personal God. They loving, personal God. They stressed emotions, inner faith, stressed emotions, inner faith, and religious inspiration.and religious inspiration.

Embraced the wonders and Embraced the wonders and mysteries of nature a a way to mysteries of nature a a way to feel the presence of God.feel the presence of God.

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CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Explored power of dreams Explored power of dreams and the subconsciousand the subconscious

New vision of natureNew vision of nature

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Concerns of RomanticismConcerns of Romanticism

Romantic artists were Romantic artists were concerned about concerned about themselvesthemselves– EmotionsEmotions– Reactions to their worldReactions to their world– Own individualityOwn individuality

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Political views of Political views of RomanticismRomanticism

Many of the themes & works Many of the themes & works supported nationalismsupported nationalism

Conservative in nature Conservative in nature because the artists because the artists distrusted human reasondistrusted human reason

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““Spirit of the AgeSpirit of the Age””

Romantic AuthorsRomantic Authors

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Wordsworth: poetryWordsworth: poetry Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley: FrankensteinFrankenstein Sir Walter Scott: Sir Walter Scott: IvanhoeIvanhoe Victor Hugo: Victor Hugo: Hunchback of Hunchback of

Notre DameNotre Dame Alexandre Dumas: Alexandre Dumas: Three Three

MusketeersMusketeers Goethe: Goethe: FaustFaust Brothers Grimm: Brothers Grimm: Grimm’s Fairy Grimm’s Fairy

TalesTales

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Emotion in Romantic Emotion in Romantic PaintingPainting

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Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808

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Theodore Gericult: Raft of the Medusa

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Eugene Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People

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Caspar Friedrich: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

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John Constable: The Hay Wain

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J.M.W. Turner: The Slave Ship

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Romantic MusicRomantic Music

Music, like painting could release Music, like painting could release emotionemotion

Built on traditions of 18Built on traditions of 18thth century century mastersmasters

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)1827)

Very dramatic Very dramatic composercomposer

Often knocked down Often knocked down candles during candles during performanceperformance

Music helped Music helped popularize the pianopopularize the piano

Enjoyed wealth and Enjoyed wealth and fame (unlike Mozart)fame (unlike Mozart)

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BeethovenBeethoven

His music His music searched for unity searched for unity and peace.and peace.

His work His work addressed addressed heroism, heroism, struggle, nature, struggle, nature, and personal and personal expression.expression.

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Chopin- Chopin- PolandPoland

Most famous Most famous composers of composers of early 19early 19thth century century

Dreamy, brooding, Dreamy, brooding, melancholic, and melancholic, and fieryfiery

Performed in Performed in upper-class upper-class drawing roomsdrawing rooms

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Other ComposersOther Composers

Brahms: Brahms: GermanyGermany Wagner: Wagner: GermanyGermany Liszt: Liszt: HungaryHungary Verdi: Verdi: ItalyItaly Strauss: Strauss: AustriaAustria Bizet: Bizet: FranceFrance Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky: RussiaRussia

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The middle classThe middle class Loved classical musicLoved classical music Attended by musically educated Attended by musically educated

listenerslisteners Private concerts took place in Private concerts took place in

middle class homesmiddle class homes Piano playing became commonPiano playing became common Children received music lessonsChildren received music lessons