Romanticism: A Revolution in the Arts How did the arts change during the 19 th century? Grimm BrothersWordsworthRenoir

Elements of Romanticism 19 th Century: New movement in the arts called Romanticism Emotion & feelings were key elements of Romanticism The ideas of Romanticism included: 1. Inner feelings, emotions and imagination 2. Focus on the mysterious, supernatural, exotic and horrifying 3. Glorifying heroes and heroic actions 4. Valued the common person including folk traditions, music, stories 5. The past as a simpler and more noble time Famous artists worked during this era in art, literature and music: MonetW- ShelleyHugoChopinBeethoven

Literature British poets like Keats & Wordsworth honored nature as the source of beauty & truth German writers like the Grimm Brothers wrote fairy tales, while Johann von Goethe wrote a love story that ends in suicide (Young Werther) French writers such as Victor Hugo produced Les Miserables & The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Gothic Novel became popular when a story about a monster being created from dead body parts was told in Mary Wollstonecraft- Shelley’s Frankenstein

Music Emotion dominated composers during the Romantic era Composers moved away from tightly controlled formal compositions Music became popular with the middle & lower classes BeethovenChopin

Art 1850s: as nationalism and industrialization spread, the world of art changed Art tried to show life as it actually was, not as it should be This type of art is known as realism Impressionism led by artists such as Monet & Renoir used light and more shimmering colors to capture the moment However, in the 1860s some artists wanted to show society in Europe in a more favorable light