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The Romantic Vision Source: Cannistraro and Merriman

Neo-classicism  Revival of art: ancient Greece/ancient Rome  History of ancient Rome was key subject  Stoic philosophy of duty and lack of self-interest David’s “The Death of Socrates”

Neo-classicism  Discovery of Herculaneum and Pompeii –Houses and villas discovered in 1711 –Vivid picture of ancient Rome

Use of weapons, costumes, poses of Pompeian frescoes, call to patriotic action

David’s Marat

Romanticism….why?  Remember, 18 th century….all about human reason  Romanticism is about emotion

Concerns of Romanticism  Romantic artists were concerned about themselves –Emotions –Reactions to their world –Own individuality

Characteristics of Romanticism  Rejected 18 th century predecessors emphasis on reason  Explored power of dreams and the subconscious  New vision of nature

Characteristics of Romanticism  Natural universe was mysterious world of its own  Believed in “remoteness” of time or place  Inspired by ancient British Druids and medieval knights

Political views of Romanticism  Democratic  Lord Byron and Delacroix supported liberalism HOWEVER  Conservative because they distrusted human reason

“Spirit of the Age” English Romantic Poets

Percy Bysshe Shelley  Showed the suffering of their souls I am the eye which the Universe Beholds itself and knows itself divine; All harmony of instrument or verse, All prophecy, all medicine is mine, All light of art or nature;_to my son Victory and praise in its own right belong

Percy Bysshe Shelley  Married Mary Wollstonecraft (named after her mother)  Son of aristocrat  Expelled from Oxford for atheist beliefs  Died mysteriously in 1822  Encouraged his wife, Mary Shelley, to write fiction –Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein  Dr. Frankenstein –Creates monster in his lab –Complex work of nature and science –Concern that science is growing out of control –Suggests maternal love is possibly key to happiness