Romanticism
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Romanticism was a literary, artistic and philosophic movement that developed in response to the period of the Enlightenment 1789-1837
Themes of Romantic Artists, Poets, Writers and Philosophers
Optimism- Believed in the potential for heroism, great deeds, great love.
Emotional- Imagination, Intuition, Feeling over logic
Individualism- Reaction to Enlightenment and its Emphasis on groups and social structures rather than the value of the individual
Themes of Romanticism
> Reaction against the Industrial Revolution- distaste for the reduction of the individual to a goods- producing-worker.
> Awe in the face of nature- belief in the beauty of the natural world, believe in the power of nature to inspire.
> Less concerned with traditional religious institutions, more interested in the wonder of Creation as it can be seen and experienced.
> Gothic- fascination with eerie and supernatural.
> Horror/trepidation as a fruitful source of inspiration.
Romanticism and Americans
> Romanticism appealed to early Americans because it supported their notions of independence and affirmed their rejection of the social/political hierarchies back in England.
> The fascination with nature and the elevation of the individual helped contribute to drive to expand Westward.
Optimism
Emotion
Individualism
Nature's Power
Gothic
Westward Expansion
Romanticism was a literary, artistic and philosophic movement that developed in response to the period of the Enlightenment 1789-1837
Themes of Romantic Artists, Poets, Writers and Philosophers
Optimism- Believed in the potential for heroism, great deeds, great love.
Emotional- Imagination, Intuition, Feeling over logic
Individualism- Reaction to Enlightenment and its Emphasis on groups and social structures rather than the value of the individual
Themes of Romanticism
> Reaction against the Industrial Revolution- distaste for the reduction of the individual to a goods- producing-worker.
> Awe in the face of nature- belief in the beauty of the natural world, believe in the power of nature to inspire.
> Less concerned with traditional religious institutions, more interested in the wonder of Creation as it can be seen and experienced.
> Gothic- fascination with eerie and supernatural.
> Horror/trepidation as a fruitful source of inspiration.
Romanticism and Americans
> Romanticism appealed to early Americans because it supported their notions of independence and affirmed their rejection of the social/political hierarchies back in England.
> The fascination with nature and the elevation of the individual helped contribute to drive to expand Westward.
Optimism
Emotion
Individualism
Nature's Power
Gothic
Westward Expansion
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