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    Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century. Characterized by the 5 "i"s Imagination Intuition Idealism Inspiration Individuality. Emphasized going with the moment, rather than being precise, controlled, or realistic.

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    Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century. Characterized by the 5 "i"s Imagination Intuition Idealism Inspiration Individuality. Emphasized going with the moment, rather than being precise, controlled, or realistic.

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    Romanticism

    A Movement Across the Arts


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    Definition
    Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature, and music during the 19th century. Romanticism is characterized by the 5 Is
    Imagination Intuition Idealism Inspiration Individuality

    Imagination
    Imagination emphasized over reason Backlash against the rationalism characterized by the Neoclassical period or Age of Reason Imagination considered necessary for creating all art British writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge called imagination intellectual intuition.

    Intuition
    Romantics placed value on intuition, or feeling and instincts, over reason. Emotions were important in Romantic art. British Romantic William Wordsworth described poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.

    Idealism
    Idealism refers to any theory that emphasizes the spirit, the mind, or language over matter thought has a crucial role in making the world the way it is. celebrates youth and innocence Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, held that the mind forces the world we perceive to take the shape of space-andtime.

    Inspiration
    The Romantic artist, musician, or writer, is an inspired creator rather than a technical master. Romanticism emphasized going with the moment, or being spontaneous, rather than being precise, controlled, or realistic.

    Individuality
    Romantics celebrated the individual. During this time period, Womens Rights and Abolitionism were taking root as major movements. individual liberties are essential and rebelling against tyranny is good Walt Whitman, a later Romantic writer, would write a poem entitled Song of Myself. It begins, I celebrate myself.

    Origins
    Romanticism began to take root as a movement following the French Revolution and the British Revolution The publication of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1792 is considered the beginning of literary Romanticism.

    The French Revolution


    The beginning of the French Revolution
    indicated the end of the nobility and beginning of democracy gave hope that the world could change

    French Revolution
    However, the Romantics optimism was replaced by disappointment as
    Napoleon Bonaparte took power as a dictator England instituted strict antirevolutionary rules and laws

    British Industrial Revolution


    The Industrial Revolution created a miserable world for the working class. It
    celebrated machinery and progress resulted in overcrowded cities, horrible living conditions, and miserable working conditions
    Mary Evans Picture Library

    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, such as chivalry and courtly love. Shakespeare came back into vogue.

    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. reflects landscapes and the beauty of the natural world emphasizes emotions, inspiration, and a dreamlike quality usually omits scenes of industry Minimizes man and man-made structures

    Visual Arts: Examples

    Romantic Art Neoclassical Art

    Literature
    Writers explored supernatural and gothic themes. Writers wrote about nature as a place to escape, to reconnect with the primitive and Edenic, and/or to connect with God.
    Nature often reflected the state of man or characters in a story.

    Gothic?
    Setting: pseudo-medieval, e.g. in a dark castle or abbey with secret passageways and hidden trap doors Themes often focused on the darker side of human nature: betrayal, the desire for revenge, insanity, superstition, etc. Supernatural Elements: ghosts and spirits

    Mood and Tone: mysterious, dark, suspenseful, meant to arouse terror

    British Romantic Writers


    First Generation Romantics William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Blake

    Second Generation Romantics Lord Byron Percy Shelley John Keats

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