A New CultureChapter 9 Section 4

Romanticism 1750-1850

• Artists, Writers, and Composers glorified nature and sought to excite strong emotions in the audience

2. a

Lord Byron 1788 - 1824

• A British poet and writer who created a mysterious, melancholy hero who felt out of step with society. Moody, isolated romantic heroes came to be described as Byronic

1. a

“My joys, my grief, my passions, and my powers, Made me a stranger.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• German author who wrote FAUST, about an aging scholar Faust that makes a pact with the devil, exchanging his soul for youth, eventually gains salvation by accepting his duty to help others.

1. b

Charlotte Bronte• English novelist who

wrote JANE EYRE, about a quiet governess and her brooding Byronic employer whose mansion conceals a terrifying secret.

1. d

Ludwig van Beethoven• German composer

combined classical forms with a stirring range of sound, was the first composer to take full advantage of the broad range of instruments in the modern orchestra.

1. c

Realism• Attempt to represent the world as it was,

not as glorified by the romantics. Most work was on the harsh side of life!

2. b

Charles Dickens• English realist writer who wrote Oliver

Twist about the social problems in England, specifically in the orphan’s world.

2. a

Gustave Courbet• French realist artist showed the hard parts

of life and work, not the romantic notions of angels and such, Gustave painted what he saw!

1. f

Impressionism• Artists tried to capture the first fleeting

impression made by a scene or object on the viewer’s eye.

2. c

Claude Monet• An Impressionist painter

finished paintings without blending brush strokes, painted the cathedral at Rouen from different angles showing how the light changes on the subject

1. g

Postimpressionists• Painters with a variety of styles like:

1. h

•Pointillism

•Folk Art

Etc.

a. How did romantics respond to the Enlightenment?

• They rebelled against the Enlightenments emphasis on reason and progress and responded to industrialism by largely ignoring it. Instead they emphasized rural landscapes and historical subjects.

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b. Describe three subjects romantics favored?

•History, legends, folklore, and celebrated dramatic action and heroism, they sought to portray and arouse strong emotions.

How did Dickens and Ibsen explore realistic themes?

• Dickens vividley portrayed the lives of slum dwellers and factory workers in his novels. Ibsen used his plays to attack the hypocrisy that he saw around him.

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How did photography influence the development of painting?

• The realism of photography made some artist turn away from realistic painting. Instead, they sought to capture the first fleeting impression that a scene or object made on the viewer’s eye.

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