Romanticism

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Romanticism

• Introduction

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Comparison of Issues

• Control, Rules, Structure vs. Freedom,
  Experimentation, Meaning
• Surface Meaning vs Depth
• Conscious vs Unconscious (subconscious)
• Right Brain vs Left Brain
• Aesthetics of Delight and Instruct vs Insights
  to the Mind and Heart
• Passion and Emotion vs Objectivity

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Core Concepts

• Setting Mid 19th century peak, particularly
  strong in France but spreads quickly throughout
  Europe and to a lesser degree, the US
• Attitude On one hand it is a similar idea to
  Neoclassicism in that it sought to create a
  certain atmosphere (idealism) as a remedy to
  modern life, yet it is opposed to Neoclassicism
  in all of its indications
• Focus exuberant life, individualized experience,
  spirit of revolution (France,1848) drama,
  exotica, complexity/dualisms (Napoleon), nature

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Gericault, Raft of the Medusa
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Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
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Gros, Napoleon Visiting the Plague-stricken at
Jaffra
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West, Death of General West
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Fuseli, The Nightmare
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Turner, The Slave Ship
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Nash, Royal Pavilion at Brighton
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Garnier, Opera House, Paris
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