1. Romanticism

2. Romanticism
An artistic (literature, visual arts, music) and philosophical movement
Began in Germany and England Europe
America
End of 1700s to mid-1800s

3. Romanticism
Not necessarily what we think of when we hear the word ‘romantic’
Romance = Adventure
British Romantic Painter William Turner (noted for shipwreck paintings)

4. Sources of Inspiration
Inner feelings and emotions
Imagination
Literature of
the Middle Ages and
the Orient (Eastern culture)

5. Romantic Attitudes (Interests)
Idealistic
-oriented toward the model, the perfect
Mysterious and supernatural
-reaction against logic, science, the mind
Individual
-concerned with the particular/specific rather than the general
Imagination/creativity
-sought to develop new forms of expression

6. Romantic Attitudes (Preferences)
Exotic > Normal
-Longed for the past and the exotic (the foreign, the weird, the different)
Emotion > Reason
-Tended toward excess and spontaneity (esp. of emotion) rather than controlled, cool reason
Country > City
-Appreciated the rural and simple life
Innocence > Societal Corruption
-Valued the primitive (innocent) over the corrupting influences of society; value of the child (unspoiled by society)

7. Romantic Social Concerns
Desired radical change
Favored democracy over monarchy
Concerned with the common people, the good of the individual
Felt that nature
should be untamed,
wild (the first environmentalists)