CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM
Neo-Classicism vs Romanticism Greek/Roman influence Emphasis on Society Age of Reason Rationality Philosophy Deism Euro-centric Cities Enlightenment Science Medieval/Oriental influence Emphasis on Individual Age of Passion Emotion Imagination Spirituality Interest in the Exotic Nature: pastoral and wild Revolution Social Justice
NATURE Neo-Classical Romantic Universal Subject to human control Gardens Source of peace and tranquillity Untamed nature: dangerous/evil Particular Beyond human control Mountains, oceans, forests Source of inspiration and spirituality Untamed nature: exhilarating/sublime
Gainsborough, St James Park
Friedrich, Solitary Tree
LOVE Neo-Classical Romantic Universal Subject to human control Marriage Social Contract Economic Contract Attraction between social and intellectual equals Source of peace and tranquillity Particular Beyond human control Passion Individual choice Search for soul-mate Forbidden attractions: social, exotic, incestual Source of inspiration, exhilaration and despair
Gaspar Netscher A Musical Evening
John Smibert, Bishop Berkeley and His Family
Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at Sunrise
William Blake The Enslavement of Experience The Transcendance of Imagination
Neo-Classical Artist Social Arbiter of Taste Elitist Moral Intellectual Critic Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Diderot
Romantic Artist Loner Unconventional Interested in the “noble savage” Amoral Genius Prophet George Gordon Lord Byron