1. Revolution in the Arts
Chapter 24
Section 4

2. Key Terms
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism

3. The Romantic Movement 1800’s Enlightenment ideas reason in art
Romanticism- reflected a deep interest in nature and in thought of feelings of the individual
Writers reacted against Enlightenment ideas

4. The Ideas or Romanticism
Emotion or wild emotion was a key element
Artistic thinkers shared these beliefs
Emphasized inner feelings, emotions, imagination
Focused on the mysterious, supernatural, exotic, grotesque, or horrifying
Loved the beauties of untamed nature

5. The Ideas of Romanticism
Idealized the past as a simpler and nobler time
Glorified heroes and heroic actions
Cherished folk traditions, music and stories
Value the common people and the individual
Promoted radical change in democracy

6. Romanticism in Literature
Poetry, music and painting the most influential arts
Romantics- poetry was the highest form of expression
William Wordsworth, John Keats

7. Romanticism in Literature
Germany produced one of the earliest writers John Wolfgang von Goethe
Wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther
Young mans love drives him to suicide

8. The Gothic Novel Gothic horror stories Took place in medieval castles
Fearful, violent and supernatural
Mary Shelley wrote a gothic horror story Frankenstein
Monster created from body parts of human beings

9. Composers Emphasize Emotion
Emotion dominates music
Celebrated heroism and national pride with new power of expression
Music became part of middle class life
Fran Liszt (pianist) earnings and popularity like present day rock star

10. Composers Emphasize Emotion
Greatest romantic composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Evolved from classical music into romantic compositions
Ninth symphony soars, celebrating freedom, dignity, and triumph of the human spirit

11. Composers Emphasize Emotion
Romantic composers appealed to heart and souls of their listeners
Felix Mendelssohn- drew on literature (Shakespeare’s Mid Summers Night Dream
Frederic Chopin used Polish dance rhythms

12. The Shift to Realism in the Arts
19th century industrialization affected everyday life
Industrial workers lived grim lives in dirty cities
Realism-tried to show life as it was, not as it should be
Realist painters showed the political importance of the working class

13. Photographers Capture Reality
Could record an instant in time
First photographs called daguerreotypes (Louis Daguerre)
Images startling real and won world wide fame

14. Photographers
William Talbot invented light sensitive paper to produce photographic negatives
Advantage of paper is that many prints could be made of one image
Talbot’s process allowed photos to be reproduce in newspapers and magazines
Photography an art of the industrial age

15. Writers Study society Realism flourished in France
Honore de Balzac wrote 100 novels entitled The Human Comedy
Brutal struggle for wealth in French society
Emile Zola exposed the miseries of French workers in small shops, factories, and coal mine

16. Writers in Society His revelations shocked readers
Spurred reforms and labor laws
Charles Dickens created unforgettable characters of London’s poor
Life of a working class person as sheer monotony set in a gloomy neighborhood

17. Impressionists React Against Realism
1860’s painters react against realist style
Tried to show their best impression instead of how “life really was”
Impressionism- try to show their impression of a subject or a moment in time
Fascinated by light, used shimmering colors to capture a moment seen at a glance

18. Life in the Moment Impressionists showed a more positive view
Instead of abused workers they showed shop clerks, dock workers enjoying themselves
Dance halls
Cafes

19. Life in the Moment Painted performers in theatres and circuses
Glorified delights of life in rising middle class
Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre- Auguste Renoir- were leaders in the movement that became very popular

20. Life in the Moment
Composers created impressions of mood and atmosphere
Used different combinations of instruments, tone patterns, and music structures
Able to create mental pictures of flashing lights, feel of warm day

21. Life in the Moment
Maurice Revel and Claude Debussy most notable members of the impressionist music movement
Changes in political, social and artistic and intellectual movement signaled important changes in daily life
One of the most significant will be industrialization