1. Neoclassicism & Romanticism art and literary movements
Thursday, November 12, 2009

2. Review: Rococo Popular from ~1715-1760
Lush colours and dreamlike images
Soft edges
Antoine Watteau, The Embarkation of Cythera, 1717 

3. Neoclassicism Dominant from 1760-1800
Resurgence of classic (Ancient Greek or Roman) traditions in art, music, and architecture
Organized and symmetrical
Depicted Greek or Roman imagery

4. ^ Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784

5. ^ Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787

6.  Medici Vase, St. Petersburg, ca. 1830
*Pompeian style

7. ^ Royal Scottish Academy, built in 1830

8. Enlightenment vs Romanticism
The countryside
Religion
The Middle Ages
Mysticism
Imagination

9. Romanticism in Art and Literature (Continuation from last day)
Thursday, November 13, 2009

10. Romanticism What are some of the key concepts of romanticism?
How does romanticism differ from the Enlightenment?
Early 19th century
Philosophical, literary, and artistic movement
Rejected Enlightenment rationalism
Involved all aspects of society
Encompassed movement and change

11. Problem of Defining Romanticism
Romanticism rejects the idea of a definite answer to everything, including itself
Sometimes the ideas may seem contradictory: respected old institutions while it was seen as liberal and encouraged change

12. Themes of Romantic Art Criticized the past
Emphasized women and children as pure
Isolation of the hero or narrator
Pure reality of nature – usually people are interacting with nature, nature is often merging with humans through soft edges.

13. ^ Eugène Delacroix , Liberty Leading the People, 1830

14. ^ Théodore Géricault , The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19

15. Romantic Literature Why would poetry be attractive to romantics?
Started the romantic movement, ~ 1770
Why would poetry be attractive to romantics?
Uses imagination
Evokes feelings and emotions for the reader

16. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther, 1774
From Germany
Story about a boy in love. Deeply describes his states of emotion

17. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth
Together published Lyrical Ballads, 1798
From England
Collection of poems emphasizing the beauty of nature
Coleridge ^
 Wordsworth

18. Wordsworth, “Lines written in Early Spring”
I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:--
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

19. Romanticism Activity Split up into pairs
Look at or read the primary source
Fill out the accompanying worksheet
Present you piece to the class, using your worksheet as a guide

20. ^ Group 1 - J.M.W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up , 1838
Group 2 - Joseph Turner, Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On, 1840
Group 3 - Francis de Goya, Third of May, 1808 (In text, p.183)
Group 4 - Antoine-Jean Gros Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau, 1808

21. ^ J.M.W. Turner, The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up , 1838

22. ^ Joseph Turner, Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On, 1840

23. ^ Francis de Goya, Third of May, 1808

24. Antoine-Jean Gros, Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau, 1808 

25. CATs Package, Application: Question 1
^ Théodore Géricault , The Raft of the Medusa,