The Romantic MovementIs reason all there is?

Romanticism defined…A movement that glorified and celebrated

nature, all emotion , imagination and the mysterious

A reaction against the cold & calculated Enlightenment

A reaction against the French Revolution’s excesses AND the destruction of the Napoleonic Era

Honored Europe’s Medieval pastWorldview that included the existence of

things beyond that of empirical observationArt – Music – Literature – Philosophy - PoliticsIs there more to life than science and numbers?

Roots of RomanticismRenaissance individualismProtestantism’s emphasis on piety and devotionGerman “Sturm und Drang” movement

Emotional & tragic… all of lifeRousseau

Is rationalism enough to explain the human experience?

Individual freedom of experience… learn by T & E

KantHuman perception & knowledge = Senses + ProcessSubjectiveInnate Human Morality = Truth is beyond Reason

Music of the Romantic MovementLudwig von

BeethovenGerman composerHearing impairedFull orchestra use

>> ↑ emotional range of

musicFrederic Chopin

Polish child prodigyPianist & composer

Franz LisztHungarian pianist

& composer

Literature of the Romantic MovementBritish

Sir Walter Scott … novelistSamuel Taylor Coleridge…

poetWilliam Wordsworth… poetLord Byron … poetJohn Keats… poetPercy Shelley… poet

GermanJohann W von Goethe (G)…

novelistFriedrich Schlegel (G)…

novelistFrench

Victor Hugo (F)… novelist

There was a time when meadow, grove and stream,

The earth and every common sight,

To me did seem appareled in celestial light,

The glory and freshness of a dream…

-Wordsworth

Art of the Romantic MovementBritish… John Constable… natural

wonderSalisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

Art of the Romantic MovementGerman

Caspar David Friedrich… natural wonderWanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Art of the Romantic MovementBritish… JMW Turner … technology vs. nature

Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway

Art of the Romantic MovementFrench… Eugene de la Croix… great

deedsLiberty Leading the

People

Architecture of the Romantic MovementNeo-Gothic

RevivalMedieval Style

Romanticism &

Religious Faith

Religion includes emotion… is expressed in nature, God’s creationJohn Wesley & Methodism

Reaction against Deism & rationalism

Revival – style… enthusiasm + emotional experience

Repentance > Conversion > Good Works > Godly life

Francois Rene de Chateaubriand & RC RevivalInner – Passion derived from

message and sacraments Friedrich Schleiermacher

Emotional & physical dependence on the Infinite Being

1 O FOR a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer's praise,The glories of my God and King,The triumphs of his grace!

Romantic NationalismGlorification of individuals & individual culturesJG Fichte (G)

Humanity shapes the world… great personsJohann G Herder (G)

Distinctiveness of culture & peoplesAll contribute to humanity

GWF Hegel (G)Historical evolution… all cultures / eras

valuableThesis (Idea)> Antithesis (Challenge) >

Synthesis (New)What about the Islamic world?

Anti-Islamic… Medieval / revived Christianity / Politics

Pro-Islamic… Literature / Herder / Hegel / Schleiermacher

RAFTUse your skills to create a “Romantic”

piece of art, poetry or music & include a paragraph explanation of why it is ‘Romantic’

ORTake an existing example of

Romanticism and write a 1-page explanation of why this example qualifies as “Romantic”Include a copy of the example