Romantic Emotionalism and Aesthetics
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Unlike other periods, Romanticism was not a major political movement, which leads to arguments on whether this era should be considered a period or an attitude. Some even consider this period to be an indication of an age of crisis because of the wide variety of interests and lifestyles the Romantics had. Romanticism was prominent in Britain and Germany and became increasingly prominent in Roman Catholic countries after the rise of Napoleon. Other places the movement took place in were Russia, France, many central European places lacking a national state, such as Poland, and America. Though Romanticism had been around since the late eighteenth century, the name ‘Romanticism’ wasn’t coined until 1840s.
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While German Romanticism’s idea of volksgeist became an intellectual basis for Nationalism, early nationalism was inspired most by Jean Rousseau and the ideas of Johann Gottfried Von Herder. Romantic Nationalism however, changed after the French Revolution. At first the new nationalism inspired the movement with self-determination and an awareness of national unity. But as the Republic became Napoleon’ s empire, inspiration transformed into objection ("Romanticism" New World Encyclopedia). Politically, the period can be simplified most as “a North European, Gothic primitivism that could be invoked to support both popular democracy and the monarchist alliance against Napoleon, as well as a liberal-classicist, cosmopolitan admiration of the pagan Mediterranean that was used to critique the restorations of 1815” (Simpson 249). Romanticism’s politics were shaped by the change of ideas from the Enlightenment mindset to a more ‘primitive’ and natural …show more content…
The novel follows a young sailor, Edmond Dantes, who is wrongfully imprisoned just as he is about to achieve all of his goals. The novel goes on to tell the reader about how he executes his revenge upon those who wronged him. Nature plays an important role in The Count of Monte Cristo with both the sea and the island Monte Cristo symbolizing points of renewal for Edmond. The sea acts as a baptism for Edmond, showing nature’s powers, and he is reborn as a man full of vengeance. Before this baptism occurs however, the sea creates a barrier along with the prison and isolates Edmond from his happiness and future. This isolation causes Edmond to quickly give into his emotions and even act like a madman. His sudden ‘primitive’ actions are what eventually lead him to his freedom and rebirth. Even those who wrongly accused Edmond allowed their emotions to cloud their reason and decide their motives. In scenes such as these Dumas exemplifies Romanticism’s admiration of the emotions of
Romanticism first came about in the 18th century and it was mostly used for art and literature. The actual word “romanticism” was created in Britain in the 1840s. People like Victor Hugo, William Wordsworth, and Percy Bysshe Shelley had big impacts on this style of art. Romanticism is an art in which people express their emotion. Whatever they believed is put into a picture, painting, poem, or book. Romanticism goes deep into a mind. It is very deep thinking and it’s expressing yourself through that deep thinking. Romanticism is the reaction to the Enlightenment and the enlightenment aka the “Age of Reason” took place during the 1700s to 1800s. The enlightenment emphasized being rational and using your mind; on the other hand, romanticism focuses on emotion and imagination. It says don’t just focus on rationality and reason.
Romanticism has been described as a “‘Protestantism in the arts and letters’, an ideological shift on the grand scale from conservative to liberal ideas”. (Keenan, 2005) It was a movement into the era of imagination and feelings instead of objective reasoning.
Romanticism did not start out as just a category; it started as a movement that lasted for about forty years (Milne 706). Romanticism became prevalent in many regions of the world, specifically America and Europe. American Romanticism was shaped by the history,
To understand how Romanticism changed the way society thought, you must first understand the meanings and reason behind the movement. The Romantic Movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries was described as a movement in the history of culture, an aesthetic style, and an attitude of mind. (Fiero) Romanticism provided expression of their thoughts and ideas toward their own societies, which was in effect predominantly in Europe and in the United States. The movement was a reaction to the Enlightenment which provided strict ideology and rationalism. The Church had much to do with the Enlightenment seeing as if religion and the importance of God were incorporated into most aspects of their culture. Thus, Romanticism was a response to the Enlightenment Movement and their religious ideology.
Romanticism was an artistic and literary movement that began in the late 18th century Europe that stressed the individual’s expression of emotion and imagination, glorification of the past and nature, and departure from forms of classicism. The movement emerged as a reaction against the ideas
When many hear “Romanticism” they think of love, but Romanticism isn’t mainly about love. Yes, it may have some love, but it’s also about reasoning, nature, imaginations, and individualism. Like American Romanticism, that occurred from 1830 – 1865. It was actually caused by Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper. For Americans, “it was a time of excitement over human possibilities, and of individual ego. American writers didn’t know what “America” could possibly mean in terms of literature, which was American and not British. It questioned their identity and place in society, creatively” (Woodlief). It was characterized by an interest in nature, and the significance of the individual’s expression on emotion and imagination; good literature should have heart, not rules. Some of the most famous authors who wrote during American Romanticism were Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. American Romanticism is important because it was the “historical period of literature in which modern readers most began to see their selves and their own conflicts and desires”. Romanticism was a literary revolution.
The Romantic period was an expressive and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century and peaked in the 1800s-1850s. This movement was defined and given depth by an expulsion of all ideals set by the society of the particular time, in the sense that the Romantics sought something deeper, something greater than the simplistic and structured world that they lived in. They drew their inspiration from that around them. Their surroundings, especially nature and the very fabric of their minds, their imagination. This expulsion of the complexity of the simple human life their world had organised and maintained resulted in a unique revolution in history. Eradication of materialism, organisation and society and
Romanticism started in the 18th century and was said to be influenced by the French and Industrial Revolution.
From Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres to Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, Francisco de Goya, John Singleton Copley, Carl Friedrich Lessing, and Francesco Hayez, Romanticism quickly spread throughout much of Europe. This movement drastically hit France, Spain, Great Britain, Germany, and Italy and eventually worked its way to America. (Barron’s 22) Romanticism, the Romantic style or movement in literature and art which encourages freedom, imagination, emotion, and introspection, as well as the celebration of nature, people and the spirit, is most commonly associated with the 18th and 19th centuries. As the dates differ between co...
Romantic nationalism is the type of patriotism in which the state gains political authority as a natural outcome of the union of individuals it presides over. This includes, relating to the exacting method of use, the idiom, heritage, ethnicity, faith, and traditions of the state in its original logic, of individuals who spawned within the bounds of its civilization. Nationalism is a contemporary association, based upon the foundation that the personal allegiance and commitment to the nation-state exceeded any other intimate or group thoughts and welfare ("Romantic nationalism").
Expressionism begun as a style in painting in 1908, and in Germany, this art form was invested into films in order to compete against popular films made in America (Bordwell and Thompson, 2010b). German Expressionism has been associated with graphic distortion and a constructed mise-en-scène (ibid). In this essay, the use of mise-en-scène will be explored in the first German Expressionism film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) by Robert Wiene, which narrative follows the perspective of a psychological unstable protagonist. Additionally, the last major German Expressionism film, Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang, set in a futuristic city where workers labour underground, will also be explored. This essay will argue how despite German filmmakers
Nature’s beauty can be seen all around us and has been and will always be there for us to appreciate; yet the way we experience and interpret nature is ever changing. The Romantic Era was a literary movement that gave a new attitude towards nature that was unique and spiritual. The Romantic movement, beginning around 1798, and carrying on well into the mid 1800s, expanded into almost every corner of Europe, into the United States, and Latin America. The ideology of the romantic era, of being completely humanistic, was the opposite of the new ideas of logic and reason of the Enlightenment.
The time of Romanticism began in the late 18th century and ended around the mid 19th century. Just showing what the Romantic Movement is, it can be shown as a reaction against Neoclassicism.
If you take glance at the 19th century you can see that there are many intellectual and political movements that take place. Romanticism played a huge role in the 19th and 20th centuries however, some may argue that Romanticism wasn’t as significant as it is said to be.
... It was all about progress, political correctness and it was very controlling in the area of how people lived their lives concerning many matters. By embracing the ordinary and unknown of human existence, the romantics overthrew the limitations that were seen in the Enlightenment. Defining Romanticism is not easy as there was not a particular dominate set of beliefs nor were the styles in literature and art the same. It was a time to be yourself, to let out whatever type of personality that was within. The modern world has Romanticism to thank for much of the way we live today concerning ideas, values, love, dreams and beliefs. It’s worthwhile to mention that both era’s consisted of varieties of thought, much like it is today. We are better off today because of men like Isaac Newton during the Enlightenment and for the Romantics teaching us how to be free thinkers.