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1 Romanticism: A Road to Discovery
English 7-8, SMHS Amanda Hernandez Our goal through this journey is to look at the art and music of the Romantic Era. Your objective at the end of this presentation is to be able to define Romanticism. There will be a quiz tomorrow. Romanticism (or the Romantic Era or the "'Romantic Period"') was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.[1] In part, it was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature.[2] It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography,[3] education[4] and natural history.[5]

2 Romanticism: MUSIC As you listen to each piece, write down adjectives that describe the song. Pay attention to patterns and shifts. Consider the mood and tone. What theme do you hear? What components of the songs make them Romantic? Although the term "Romanticism" when applied to music has come to imply the period roughly from the 1820s until around 1900

3 Beethoven Beethoven

4 Romanticism: ART As you look at each piece, write down adjectives that describe the setting & characters. Pay attention to patterns and space. Consider the mood and tone. What theme do you see? What components of the art pieces make them Romantic?

5 Romanticism: ART Hans Gude, Fra Hardanger, Example of Norwegian romantic nationalism.

6 Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, × inches (98 x 74 cm), 1818, Oil on canvas, Kunsthalle Hamburg

7 What would you title this?
Thomas Cole, 1842, The Voyage of Life
Old Age

8 What is the subject of this piece?
What is the author/artist trying to convey about this subject? HOW does the author achieve this? Hans Gude, Winter Afternoon, 1847, National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

9 Modern Romantic: FASHION
Alexander McQueen

10 You may know him from…

11 Savage Beauty The Romantic Mind
“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.” McQueen doggedly promoted freedom of thought and expression and championed the authority of the imagination. In so doing, he was an exemplar of the Romantic individual, the hero-artist who staunchly follows the dictates of his inspiration. McQueen’s approach to fashion, however, combined the precision and traditions of tailoring and patternmaking with the spontaneity and improvisations of draping and dressmaking—an approach that became more refined after his tenure as creative director of Givenchy in Paris from 1996 to It is this approach, at once rigorous and impulsive, disciplined and unconstrained, that underlies McQueen’s singularity and inimitability.

12 Life & Death Like the Victorian Gothic, which combines elements of horror and romance, McQueen’s collections often reflect opposites such as life and death, lightness and darkness. Indeed, the emotional intensity of his runway presentations was frequently the consequence of the interplay between dialectical oppositions. The relationship between victim and aggressor was especially apparent, particularly in his accessories.

13 One with Nature McQueen’s romantic sensibilities expanded his imaginary horizons not only temporally but also geographically. As it had been for Romantic artists and writers, the lure of the exotic was central to his work. Like his historicism, McQueen’s was wide ranging—India, China, Africa, and Turkey all sparked his imagination. Japan was particularly significant to him, both thematically and stylistically. The kimono, especially, was a garment that he reconfigured endlessly. Remarking on the direction of his fashions, McQueen said, “My work will be about taking elements of traditional embroidery, filigree, and craftsmanship from countries all over the world. I will explore their crafts, patterns, and materials and interpret them in my own way.” As with many of his themes, however, McQueen’s exoticism was often expressed in contrasting opposites.

14 Man or Animal? Or, are they different?
Throughout his career, McQueen returned to the theme of primitivism, which drew upon the ideal of the noble savage living in harmony with the natural world. Typically, McQueen’s narrative glorified the state of nature and tipped the moral balance in favor of the “natural man” or “nature’s gentleman” unfettered by the artificial constructs of civilization.

15 What is Romanticism? “I have always loved the mechanics of nature and to a greater or lesser extent my work is always informed by that.” Nature was the greatest, or at least the most enduring, influence upon McQueen. It was also a central theme, if not the central theme, of Romanticism. Many artists of the Romantic movement presented nature itself as a work of art. McQueen both shared and promoted this view in his collections, which often included fashions that took their forms and raw materials from the natural world. For McQueen, as it was for the Romantics, nature was also a locus for ideas and concepts. For the Romantics, nature was the primary vehicle for the Sublime—starry skies, stormy seas, turbulent waterfalls, vertiginous mountains. In Plato’s Atlantis, the Sublime of nature was paralleled and supplanted by that of technology—the extreme space-time compressions produced by the Internet. It was a powerful evocation of the Sublime and its coincident expression of the Romantic and the postmodern. At the same time, it was a potent vision of the future of fashion that reflected McQueen’s sweeping imagination.

16 The Basics of Romanticism
Strong emotion Aesthetic experience Trepidation, horror and terror and awe Untamed NATURE, NATURE, NATURE Sublime Assertion of nationalism Wars- more female writers Exoticism & the Supernatural Art & literature across the classes Extremes/Polarity/Juxtaposition Imagination Symbolism & Myth The Romantic Era is a time in history that was surrounded by war: The Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the French and Indian War (1754–1763), and the American Revolution (1775–1783)—which directly preceded the French Revolution (1789–1799)—are all examples.

17 Authors of Romanticism
Jane Austen William Blake Lord Byron Samuel Taylor Coleridge Mary Shelley Percy Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft William Wordsworth

18 And now we begin: Frankenstein!
1818 Mary Shelley Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus Biblical connections Romantic, Gothic, Science Fiction Epistolary Form Juxtaposition

19 Frankenstein is NOT the monster.

20 What is Romanticism? Using your notes, and the extensive knowledge you gleaned from today’s lesson- write a concise definition of Romanticism in your own words. Highlight your definition. Turn in your notes to the box. Thank you, have a great day!

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