Romanticism

MovementBy: Sara McComasWalter W. Stiern

Middle SchoolMs. Marshall2009/2010

H.S.S.: 7.11

The Romanticism Movement•Romanticism or the Romantic

movement was a concept that included different art mediums; from music to painting to literature.

•Romanticism involved a great interest in nature, emphasis on individuality, and the rejection of established rules

•Romantic artists believed each person brings a unique view to the world

Breaking Away From Normality

• Romantic artists used emotion to guide their creative output• Their works celebrated beauty and

wonder of nature in the United States• This idea contrasted with huge cities

and corruption of nature that was typical of that time

Art•Painting was the greatest

achievement of Romanticism •Painters like Turner and

Constable increased the popularity of landscape painting to new heights by giving heroic overtones to natural scenes.

LiteratureLiterature• Romantic literature discarded Romantic literature discarded

the formality of the heroic the formality of the heroic couplet and embraced a lyrical couplet and embraced a lyrical openness of style.openness of style.

• Literature as it is now Literature as it is now understood implies an idea that understood implies an idea that was not there before was not there before Romanticism. Romanticism.

Music•Romanticism artists tried to stay

with the original ideas of Classical music

•Many artists used their home countries to inspire their music

•Most of the works of the time were programme, or music without words that told a story or depicted a scene

Architecture•Many of the great architectural works

of the time were picturesque• Included asymmetrical plans, exotic

designs, and effects that contrasted with nature

•Some architects emphasized ornamental and visual values. Sensitivity to materials, colors, textures, and simplicity of construction

Hudson River School•Hudson River School was the first American school

of landscape painting active from 1835-1870. •The subjects of their art were romantic spectacles

from the Hudson River Valley and upstate New York.

•Some Hudson River School artists include: George Caleb Bingham, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, George Inness, John Frederic Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade...

SculptureSculpture

• The 19The 19thth century is seen as the golden age of century is seen as the golden age of sculpturesculpture

• Sculptors tried to show that their creations were Sculptors tried to show that their creations were a response to the same revolutionary feeling as a response to the same revolutionary feeling as those of paintersthose of painters

• They favored the following traits: freedom of solid They favored the following traits: freedom of solid contemporary themes; preference of movement contemporary themes; preference of movement and tension; a curiosity for imperfections, even and tension; a curiosity for imperfections, even the grotesque; rejection of the rules of anatomy the grotesque; rejection of the rules of anatomy and composition; a search for vivid and thought and composition; a search for vivid and thought provoking effects; and a depiction of all types of provoking effects; and a depiction of all types of emotionemotion

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26th, 2010http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm

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• Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. “The Music of the Romantic Era.” Connexions. June 11, 2003. April 15th, 2010. http://cnx.org/content/m11606/latest/