In his stories, Poe clearly uses a variety of themes and literary devices that let us observe him as a Dark Romantic, rather than a Romantic. First of all, it is important to present a historical background, which explains the link between Romanticism and Dark Romanticism. When Romanticism arrived to the United States it brought the belief that emotion, imagination and intuition meant more than logical reasoning. The Romantics emphasized sensibility and beauty, as the things, which lead people towards the truth. Wikipedia defines Romanticism as “a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe (...).
Writers during the Romantic Period wrote from their imaginations rather than presenting life realistically. So, in contrast to the realistic literature written during the Enlightenment, literature written during the Romantic Period was imaginative and unrealistic. Romantic literature was also a break with classicism, which creates its own themes and forms.
In the Preface to the 2nd edition of Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth said that poetry should be the “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” The poets, painters and writers of the Romantic era reflect this in many ways. Their progressive thinking, revolutionary action, dramatic anti-establishment artistry and outspoken spontaneity often led them to criticize the aristocratic and political climate of the Age of Enlightenment. They also tended to have a strong disapproval for the scientific rationalization of nature. The Romantics influence was not only on literature, its movement spread throughout the artistic community of Europe and the world causing new developments in the fields of Philosophy, Social Science, Sculpture, Paintings, Music, and much more. In 1822 Jan Vaclav Vorisek published the first impromptu piano piece under the title “Impromptu.” The influence of this piece of music would cause a wave to spread through the way in which composers thought and felt.
Concern for the well-being of others, encouragement of emotions, and awareness of the world became a cultural movement in the arts (MindEdge, Inc., 2014). The era of Romanticism was a reforming movement, it has been described as an encompassing movement to include the practicality of thinking encouraged by earlier periods but also encourage the irrationality that strong emotion could bring (Heath, 2005) A1 Describe the style and characteristics 2) The Romanticism period preached authenticity, integrity and spontaneity. It was “artistic and intellectual assertion of the extremes in the human psyche” and eschewed earlier period’s beliefs that reason and logic were the only true ways to understanding (Heath, 2005). No one style prevailed, except artistic license. The unrestrained and expressive brushwork combined with the radiant colors conveyed the individuality, strong emotions and passions in the portrayals of nature and human subjects alike (MindEdge, Inc., 2014).
Cult sensations are ephemeral, meaning they are popular at the time but are short lived and will not stand the test of time. For a romance novel to stand the test of time it must achieve telling stories of love in dramatic and exciting ways at an exceptional level. A truly great love story has tension, conflict and genuine uncertainty about how things will turn out. William Shakespeare wasknown for his beauty of language, he was known to capture the very heart of love. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a description of love and also the consequence of love.
Getting Impressionism through Claude Monet Impressionism is the one of the most significant 19th-century fist distinctly contemporary movements in painting that has happened in European art. France emerged in large numbers of painters who created a great number of classical masterpieces. Claude Monet, a French artist is one of the most important impressionists in France; moreover, some of the theory and practice of its movement are also promoted by him. For this following essay, it will aim to Monet’s artwork of impressionism – Charing Cross Bridge, Fog, analyzing the characteristics’ development, namely brushstrokes, landscape, visual angles, light and color in the concept of aesthetic progress in art, and discussing about some people have both positive and negative review on his work. Claude Monet is one of the most vital painters in French, a great deal of theory and practice of Impressionism, he also take the majority of participate in contribution.
Jessica Crupi 2371771 HUMN 3B02 Lee Slinger The Romantic era was a period of war and revolutionary combat. War and rebellion were essential elements that influenced the flow of ideas in this period. An entire generation of European writers, composers, and artists were influenced by these events. War inspired romantic artists to address themes of liberty and democracy, while considering the function of revolution as an opportunity for political and social change. Writers used the spirit of the revolution to distinguish their poetic sensibilities.
Davidian Neoclassicism Jacques-Louis David was born in the year 1748 and lived through much change in France till 1825. Having lived through a “revolutionary war, Napoleon, and the Bourbon Restoration”, he had much inspiration to paint such profound pictures. David was painting in a new era of art called neoclassicism, and he embraced the era in his own way, and made his name very well known. Neoclassicism scholars often referred to this era as “Davidian Neoclassicism”(19th Century Art, pg 26) because of David’s success. His techniques and talent helped him paint very strong pictures of masculinity, and heroism, yet taking risks of painting in new ways.
According to Mary Klages, modernism “is the movement in visual arts, music, literature, and drama which rejected the old Victorian standards of how art should be made, consumed, and what it should mean” (Klages 2) as well as something that “helped radically to redefine what poetry and fiction could be and do” (Klages 2). Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is an incredible example of the use of modernist techniques, showing a definite break from the narrative techniques of Victorian literature, such as Jane Eyre. Three different narrative innovations that greatly stand out are the use of multiple narrators, stream of consciousness, and non-linear plot. The narrative innovation that undoubtedly plays a major role in this novel is the use of both Antoinette/Bertha and the Rochester character as narrators. This crosses traditional boundaries set forth by Victorian literature, as no single voice guides us through the story.
Some of the artists using these techniques to create a new way of visualizing the world, were Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Each artist portrayed the modernization of the world around them, creating a record from their point of view. (Samu, 2004) Post Impressionism was established towards the end of the nineteenth century when a small group of independent artists rebelled against the limitations of Impressionism. This eclectic assembly of individuals had no unifying characteristics, except that each took an aspect of Impressionism and exaggerated it. The distinctive brush strokes and vivid colors found in Impressionism continued in Post Impressionisms art, but geometric forms, unnatural color, and a distorted form of expressive effect were emphasized.