 Clear desks except for a pencil/pen  Sit with one desk between each of you  We will do the Sci Fi portion of the test today

 Today – Romanticism and Realism notes – pick up a worksheet from my desk  Monday – Romanticism and Realism Samples  Tuesday – Wednesday – Triston and Isolde  Thursday – Binder Checks, movie reviews, and test cards  Friday – Review samples – turn samples and test cards in  Monday – Test  Tuesday – begin writing to publish piece

 Second ½ of the 1700’s  Reaction to the Industrial Rev. & science  Used strong emotion as inspiration for art  Idealized “untamed” nature  Embraced the exotic and unfamiliar (esp. Americas and Orient)  Often a dreamy/foggy look in painting

 British  Known for landscapes/rural England  No fame until 52 (8 yrs. Before death)  Most of English public didn’t like  Found popularity in France – Impressionists built upon his style

 Inspired by everyday aspects of nature  Very attached to his native countryside  Enjoyed simple things: Willow Trees, Rotten Planks of Wood, Slimy Posts, Brickwork  Studied Weather: Clouds, Rain, Light

 Spanish painter/engraver  Emphasized foreground against faded background  Art was rebellious and biased  Recorded history – 80 prints he considered follies of the times  Near the end – created frightening and obscure paintings  Blind and deaf – pigments?

 Polar opposite to Romanticism  Represented objective reality (objects exactly as they were seen)  Claimed lack of personal bias  Rejected exaggerated emotionalism of the romantics  Truth and accuracy became ultimate goals  Depicted everyday people, dilemmas, and objects  Reaction to birth of photography

 Chief artist of realism movement  French  Opposed to art that didn’t show things as they really were  No glamorized settings  Plight of common people

 Well educated – didn’t do well academically  Uncle encouraged his interest in art – Louvre  Studied with Velazquez and Goya  Thought art should reflect ideas of present rather than past  Step between realism of Courbet and Impressionism

Tchaikovsky and Wagner

 Very diff. from Neoclassical – emotion, adventure, and imagination  Beethoven inspired composers to become self-supported  Opera very popular  Soft/dreamy music accomplished by: Chromatic scale – moving in half steps Dissonance – harsh sounds to the ear

 Composers focused on themes  Cycle – complete story told w/ several related songs  Improved range power of piano/improvements to orchestral instruments

 Studied music as a child  At 21 entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory/ studied composition  Graduated and taught theory and composition at Moscow Conservatory

 Mme. Von Meck – contributions allowed him to dedicate himself to his music  Best remembered for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty  Performed 6 th symphony (Pathetique) as the opening concert for Carnegie Hall in 1891 – died a few days later

 Born in a theatrical family  Began composing at 17  Chorus master for several theatres  Built his own theatre (Das Festspielhaus) in 1872

 Most significant works – Tristan and Isolde and Ring Cycle (covers German and Scandinavian mythology – over 16 hrs.)  Leitmotif – assigning short melodies to people or ideas in operas (used in many 20 th century films)  Adolf Hitler well known admirer of Wagner and adopted much of his work for the Nazi party

 Romantic = Melodrama  “Music Drama”  Each character has theme song  Music matches action/conflict  Used stock characters – always Hero, Heroine, and villain  Used overacting (overly emphasized movements, speech, etc.)

 Plays to the heart of the audience  Audience so involved that they boo and hiss at villain and cheer hero/heroine  Plot = good overcoming evil  Romantic subplot between hero/heroine  Evil plot of villain to get hero’s money or heroine (railroad tracks)  Last minute hero corrects everything

 Sought truth & beauty in everyday events and people  Ordinary people  Popularity of melodrama decreased  Clothes looked like those of real people as did houses and sets  Plots not as comforting to the audience  Sexual issues/suicide/infidelity/unhappy marriages

 Ballet becoming more common/popular art for the public  Royalty began to subsidize theater and opera houses  Earlier ballet – limited movement due to costume  Jean-Georges Noverre – wanted to reform ballet  Wanted ballet to be more genuine and meaningful – wrote guidelines

 Noverre created 7 basic movements of dance Plier – to bend Entendre – to stretch Relever – to rise Sauter – to jump Tourner – to turn Glisser – to glide Elancer – to dart  Terms allowed choreographers to communicate with dancers more effectively

 Noverre stressed plot, scenery, and music in ballet  Musicians became closely linked to ballet (Tchaikovsky esp.)  Ballerinas began to dance on their toes (sur les pointes or en pointes)  1860s point shoes were created to enhance the look  Also changed costume – no longer heavy materials – used Tulle (fine net material)  Common tutu would come to mid-calf

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