Transcript Beatricex - Winter11

HUMANITIES
ROMANTIC
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Was a movement of intellectual sorts – art, music, literary founded in Europe –
18th century
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Understanding the meaning of the knowledge offered by nature
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Belief of the individual(personal)
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Rationalist ideas – logical principals (political and social)
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Intuition and emotion ( The dictionary of ART, Jane Turner, P. 735)
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instinct over reason, - imagination over form, - heart over head( The new GROVE,
dictionary of music and musicians, Stanley Sadie P141)
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PAINTING
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The romantic artist used dramatic colors and bold brushstrokes that embodied
emotion – the majority of the artist found the concentration of their piece in
nature, but some in tragedies, exotic places and revolutionary actions (Gale
Cengage learning)
TRANSCENDENTALISM
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Is the movement similar/based off the idea of Romanticism however, it was a reaction to
in rationalism
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idealistic philosophical and social movement
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“divinity pervades all nature and humanity “
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Is the movement of American literature as well as political and philosophical
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The author of this time were known to think “out the box”
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“”The term Transcendentalism was derived from the philosopher Kant, who called "all
knowledge transcendental which is concerned not with objects but with our mode of
knowing objects.” (http://www.pbs.org/)
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MUSIC
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Each note has its own unique dynamics and articulation
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the notes are freely sampled from a range of 12 different tones/pitches
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(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transcendentalism/)
FEMINISM
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Movement towards establishing equal rights between the genders political,
economic and social
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“the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes” (oxford
dictionary)
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Women’s right – to own property, have a vote, equal pay and control over
repopulation
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A national organization for women began in 196- goal was equality
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MUSIC
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Was for women, by women and about women.
INDUSTRIALISM
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Urbanization
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The production of an economic goods
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Business manufacturing products, transportation and financial companies – large
numbers of people to work machines
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Social separations came about from this period in time: middle class and the
working class
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(gale cengage)
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“a social or economic system in which manufacturing industries are prevalent”
(oxford dictionary)
ABOLITIONISM
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“a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital
punishment or slavery” (oxford dictionary)
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Movement to end slavery worldwide
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Slavery: forced labor against one’s will – threat and violence/ punishment if a task is not
completed
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ART
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Depicted in paintings or drawing are usually scenes from slave trade – showing the
emotion and sadness of such an event, and portraying the cruelty of the era through the
dark colors splashed on the canvas.