Revolutions in the Arts
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Revolutions in the Arts
Ch.8 Sec.4
Romanticism
Movement that reflected deep
interest both in nature and in the
thoughts and feelings of the
individual.
Enlightenment idea of reason gave
way to this movement in art and
ideas.
Characteristics
Emphasized inner feelings, emotions, and
imagination
Focused on mysterious, supernatural, exotic,
grotesque, or horrifying
Idealized the past as simpler and nobler time
Glorified heroes and heroic actions
Cherished folk traditions, music, and stories
Valued common people and the individual
Promoted radical change and democracy
Romanticism Expressions
Poetry- to romantics poetry was the highest
form of expression
Writing- novels, fairytales, and gothic novels
Music- emotion dominated the music
produced by romantic composers.
Paintings- depicted romanticism ideas
Poetry
British poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge honored nature as the source of truth and
beauty
Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote poems
celebrating heroes, love, and the beauty of nature.
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”
-Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Writing- Romantics
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wrote The Sorrows of
Young Werther that
detailed a man’s
hopeless love for a
married woman that
leads him to suicide.
Victor Hugo
Wrote romantic works that
reflected fascination with
history and the individual.
Hunchback of Notre Dameshows the struggles of
individuals against a hostile
and oppressive society
Writing
Fairytales
Jakob and Wilhelm
Grimm- inspired by
romanticism, they
collected German
fairytales and created a
dictionary.
Fairytales were not
suitable for children, but
have been changed
over the years
Little Red Riding
Hood
Hansel and Gretel
Writing- Gothic Novels
Gothic horror stories
that took place in
medieval Gothic
castles.
Filled with fearful,
violent, and
supernatural events
Mary Shelley wrote one
of the earliest and most
successful gothic horror
stories......Frankenstein!
Music
Composers moved away from the tightly controlled,
formal compositions of the Enlightenment period.
They celebrated heroism and national pride as music
became part of middle-class life
Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner brought
European opera to a dramatic and theatrical high point.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Went from classical to romantic compositions
Ninth Symphony soars, celebrating freedom, dignity,
and the triumph of the human spirit.
Paintings
In their eagerness to
explore emotion,
romantic artists had
certain favorite
subjects: nature, love,
religion, and
nationalism
Eugene Delacroix
Realism
Mid 19th century was affected by rapid
industrialization.
Growing class of industrial workers lived grim
lives in dirty, crowded cities.
Industrialization made romantic dreams
pointless.
In literature and visual arts, realism showed
life as it was, not as it should be.
Realism- Photography
Technological advancements allowed for mass
distribution of photos that gained a wide audience.
Realism-Writing
Depicted actual events in life that would allow
more details to be revealed.
Charles Dickens
Described London’s working poor.
Emile Zola
Novels exposed miseries of French workers in
small shops, factories, and coal mines.
Shock readers and sparked reforms of labor laws
in France
Realism-Paintings
Painters portrayed everyday life as it was
Gustave Courbet
The Stone Breakers
Impressionism
Beginning in the 1860s, painters in Paris
reacted to the realist style.
Tried to show their impression of a subject or
moment in time.
Used pure, shimmering colors to capture a
moment seen at a glance.
Impressionism-Paintings
Showed a more positive
view of urban society
Instead of abused
workers, they showed
shop clerks and dock
workers enjoying
themselves
Claude Monet
Impressionism-Music
Composers used different combinations of
instruments, tone patterns, and music
structures to make listens feel the mood.
Ex: feel a warm summer day, or the sight of the
sea
Composers- Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy