1. Chapter 4 section 4 Romanticism and Realism in the Western World Standard 10.3 #7 Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature, social criticism and the move away from classical Europe

4. Romanticism New intellectual movement that emerges in the late 1700’s
Based on feelings, emotion and imagination
Belief that inner feelings were only understood by the person feeling them
Valued uniqueness of each person
love of nature and the past

5. Social Impact
People had a inner drive to know themselves = a rebellion against the norm
Grew long hair, beards, wore outrageous clothes to express uniqueness
Interest in the past led to Neo Gothic(built in the style of the middle ages) style of building

9. Romanticism Literature
Reflected love of the past
Showed a attraction to the exotic and unfamiliar character = Gothic Literature like Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein and Edgar Allen Poe’s short horror stories
Writers focused on misunderstood characters who were rejected by society but believed in their own self worth

10. Romanticism Literature Cont.
Poetry was looked at as an expression of the soul
Many writers believed that industrialization would cause people to become alienated from their feelings and nature

11. Romanticism Music
the composer was able to make people feel emotions from his music
Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest romantic composers
music makes the listener feel horror, pain, fear and terror

12. Realist Realist rejected romanticism and its ideas
Believed that the world should be viewed realistically

13. Realist Literature
Wanted to write about ordinary “normal” people from actual real life situations
Tried to avoid using emotional language
Wrote novels rather then poetry
ex: Charles Dickens- focused on stories about the lower & middle classes in Britain during the Industrial Age like Oliver Twist and Christmas Carol

14. Realist Art “I have never seen either an angel or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them” Courbet
Sought to show everyday life of ordinary people
Gustave Courbet- French realist painter who painted scenes from everyday life