Transcript Romanticism - Downey Unified School District

Romanticism
Romanticism
Objective
Students will demonstrate
knowledge of the
Romanticism Era by
listing 3 things learned
What is Romanticism?
• This artistic movement started in mid-18th
Century, during the Industrial Revolution.
– Western Europe
• Emphasized love of nature, emotional
expression, individual experience, Spirit and
concern of time, folk tradition, and
importance of ordinary people.
• Classicism - another style of the time.
– Imitated the arts of Greece and Rome
– Images were incorporated from the ancient world
Romanticism Music
• Mozart
• Haydn
• Beethoven
Reflection of the Spirit and Concerns of the
Time
While across Europe . . .
. . . Industrialization caused pollution, and people left rural areas for cities, . . .
. . . Romanticism celebrated . . .
. . . The beauty of nature
Example
Beethoven’s Pastoral symphony expressed his love of nature.
Romanticism Literature
• Edgar Allan Poe
– Supernatural, Gothic
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
– Romance
• William Blake
– Wrote against the church, because it suppressed
natural desires
• William Wordsworth
– Wrote about nature
The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I
pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious
volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping,
suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping,
rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered,
"tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing
more."
“The Sick Rose” – William Blake
O Rose thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
Reflection of Spirit and Concern of the
Time
While across Europe . . .
. . . People demanded more political power from their royal rulers,. . .
. . . Romanticism celebrated . . .
. . . The value of ordinary people.
Example
William Wordsworth wrote poetry that used the language of ordinary people.
See the kitten on the wall, sporting with the leaves that fall,
Withered leaves—one—two—and three, from the lofty
elder-tree! Through the calm and frosty air, of this morning
bright and fair . . . —But the kitten, how she starts;
Crouches, stretches, paws, and darts! First at one, and then
its fellow, just as light and just as yellow; There are many
now—now one—now they stop and there are none; What
intenseness of desire, in her upward eye of fire! With a
tiger-leap half way, now she meets the coming prey, Lets it
go as fast, and then, has it in her power again: Now she
works with three or four, like an Indian Conjuror; Quick as
he in feats of art, far beyond in joy of heart.
The Kitten and the Falling Leaves
by
William Wordsworth
Review Question #1
“How glad I am to be able to roam in wood and
thicket, among the trees and flowers and
rocks!”
1.What Romantic value is expressed in
Beethoven’s words about nature?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Scientific knowledge
Personal experience
The ability to travel
The diversity of life
Review Question #2
2. Which would have been the most likely
subject for a classical painter?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A farmer milking a cow
Folk dancing
Ancient Greek philosophers
A sunset over magnificent mountains
Focus on ordinary people, lead to the
development of social criticism . . .
• Social Criticism – identified and expressed
concern for problems in society
• Charles Dickens
– A Christmas Carol
• A visit by the 4 ghost of Christmas Eve to Uncle Scrooge
• Bah! Humbug!
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old man who believes that Christmas is
just an excuse for people to miss work and for idle people to expect
handouts. He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that
the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it.
That night, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business
associate, Jacob Marley -- a man who was as greedy and cold as
Scrooge is. Marley warns Scrooge that if he continues to live so
selfishly, he will spend eternity wearing the chains that his greed has
built.
Three ghosts visit Scrooge successively: the Ghost of Christmas Past, the
Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
They show Scrooge his error in valuing money over people. Scrooge is
frightened by the bleak picture of his life and promises to change his
ways.
Scrooge awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He becomes jolly and
charitable, and truly turns into the man he promised the ghosts he
would become. He carries the spirit of Christmas with him all the year
round.
Romanticism – Art
Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog
David Friedrich
1818
Thomas Cole – The Voyage of Life (1842)
Thomas Cole – The Voyage of Life (1842) - Manhood
Henry Fuseli (1790)
Review Question #3
3. 19th Century European Romantics tended to
view the past as a
A.
B.
C.
D.
Time of ignorance
Time best forgotten
More stimulating time
Gentler time
Review Question #4
4. European Romanticism celebrated the
beauty of nature at a time when
A. People were traveling to remote areas for the 1st
time
B. Industrialization was polluting the land.
C. Agriculture was undergoing a revival
D. Outdoor recreation had gained in popularity
Review Question #5
5. European Romanticism celebrated ordinary
people at a time when they
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lived in democracies
Showed little interest in politics
Demanded their rights
Idealized the nobility
Review Question #6
6. A 19th Century novel that attempted “social
criticism” might have shown how a young
hero or heroine was affected by
A.
B.
C.
D.
A week at the seashore
Growing up in a loving family
Being educated in the arts
Industrial pollution