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The Romantic Movement Is reason all there is?
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Romanticism defined… A movement that glorified and celebrated nature, all emotion , imagination and the mysterious A reaction against the cold & calculated Enlightenment A reaction against the French Revolution’s excesses AND the destruction of the Napoleonic Era Honored Europe’s Medieval past Worldview that included the existence of things beyond that of empirical observation Is there more to life than science and numbers?
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Roots of Romanticism Renaissance individualism
Protestantism’s emphasis on piety and devotion German “Sturm und Drang” movement Emotional & tragic… all of life Rousseau Is rationalism enough to explain the human experience? Individual freedom of experience… learn by T & E Kant Human perception & knowledge = Senses + Process Subjective Innate Human Morality = Truth is beyond Reason
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Music of the Romantic Movement
Ludwig von Beethoven German composer Hearing impaired Full orchestra use >> ↑ emotional range of music Frederic Chopin Polish child prodigy Pianist & composer Franz Liszt Hungarian pianist & composer
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Literature of the Romantic Movement
British Sir Walter Scott … novelist Samuel Taylor Coleridge… poet William Wordsworth… poet Lord Byron … poet John Keats… poet Percy Shelley… poet German Johann W von Goethe (G)… novelist Friedrich Schlegel (G)… novelist French Victor Hugo (F)… novelist There was a time when meadow, grove and stream, The earth and every common sight, To me did seem appareled in celestial light, The glory and freshness of a dream… -Wordsworth
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Art of the Romantic Movement
British John Constable JMW Turner French Eugene de la Croix German Caspar David Friedrich SUBLIME
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Architecture of the Romantic Movement
Neo-Gothic Revival Medieval Style
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Romanticism & Religion
Religion includes emotion… is expressed in nature, God’s creation John Wesley & Methodism Reaction against Deism & rationalism Revival – style… enthusiasm + emotional experience Repentance > Conversion > Good Works > Godly life Francois Rene de Chateaubriand & RC Revival Inner – Passion derived from message and sacraments Friedrich Schleiermacher Emotional & physical dependence on the Infinite Being 1 O FOR a thousand tongues to sing My great Redeemer's praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace! 2 My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honours of thy name. 3 Jesus! the name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease; 'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 4 He breaks the power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free; His blood can make the foulest clean, His blood availed for me.
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Romantic Nationalism Glorification of individuals & individual cultures JG Fichte (G) Humanity has shaped the world… great persons Johann G Herder (G) Distinctiveness of culture & peoples GWF Hegel (G) Historical evolution… all cultures / eras valuable Thesis (Idea)> Antithesis (Challenge) > Synthesis (New) What about the Islamic world? Anti-Islamic… Medieval / revived Christianity / Politics Pro-Islamic… Literature / Herder / Hegel / Schleiermacher
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EXTRA CREDIT R.A.F.T. Use your skills to create a “Romantic” piece of art, poetry or music & include a paragraph explanation of why it is ‘Romantic’ OR Take an existing example of Romanticism and write a 1-page explanation of why this example qualifies as “Romantic” Include a copy of the example
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