Majestic, wild sometimes savage.
Viewers overwhelmed, awe-struck
sometimes terrified by the sublime
Natural phenomena, mountains waterfalls,
turbulent seas and thunderstorms "delightful terrors"
inspired by sublime visions.
Reminds viewers of
insignificance in the force of
nature
Characterised by 5 "I's"
Imagination
emphasised over "reason". Imagination
necessary for creating all art.
Intuition
Feelings or instincts rather than
reason, emotions important
Idealism
Can make the world a better place
Inspiration
Spontaneous
rather than
precise
Individuality
Celebrate the individual. During this time period
Womens Rights and Abolitionism taking root as
major movements
Literature
American Romanticism most strongly impacted literature
Writers explored supernatural and gothic themes
Definition
Romanticism refers to a movement in art, literature and music
during the 18th and 19th centuries philosophical, literary artistic
and cultural era
Reverence for the natural world. Physical
and emotional passion. Interest in the
mythic and supernatural.
Spontaneity in Romantic Poetry. Movement was still concerned
with composition of translating emotive response into poetic
form. Many favoured the Sonnet Form
Origins
Reaction against Neo-classism. Links back to courtly love and chivalry
Began to take root as a movement following the French Revolution
Say it as a means for change.
Reaction against Enlightenment ideas of the day. And Industrial Revolution
Visual Arts
Neo-classical art
rigid, severe, unemotional. Ancient Greece and Rome
Romantic Art
emotional, individualistic, exotic. Reaction to Neoclassicism.