1. A Movement Across the Arts
Romanticism
A Movement Across the Arts

2. Definition a movement in art, literature, music 19th century.
Romanticism is characterized by the 5 “I”s
Imagination
Intuition
Idealism
Inspiration
Individuality

3. Imagination emphasized over “reason.”
a backlash against the rationalism characterized by the Neoclassical period or “Age of Reason.”

4. Intuition value on “intuition,” or feeling and instincts, over reason.
Emotions were important

5. Idealism
Idealism is the concept that we can make the world a better place.

6. Inspiration
The Romantic artist, musician, or writer, is an “inspired creator” rather than a “technical master.”
being spontaneous, rather than getting it precise

7. Individuality celebrated the individual.
Women’s Rights and Abolitionism were taking root as major movements.

8. Origins
began to take root as a movement following the FR Revolution.

9. The Arts
Romanticism was a movement across all the arts: visual art, music, and literature.
All of the arts embraced themes prevalent in the Middle Ages: chivalry, courtly love.

10. Visual Arts
Neoclassical art was rigid, severe, and unemotional; it hearkened back to ancient Greece and Rome
Romantic art was emotional, deeply-felt, individualistic, and exotic.

11. Visual Arts: Examples
Romantic Art
Neoclassical Art

12. The Haywain by John Constable

13. Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix

14. Steamer in a Snowstorm by Joseph Turner

15. Music
“Classical” musicians included composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Josef Haydn.
Romantic musicians included composers like Frederic Chopin, Franz Lizst, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

16. Music: Components
Classical music emphasized internal order and balance.
Romantic music emphasized expression of feelings.