1. CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM

2. Neo-Classicism vs Romanticism Greek/Roman influence Emphasis on Society Age of Reason Rationality Philosophy Deism Euro-centric Cities Enlightenment Science Medieval/Oriental influence Emphasis on Individual Age of Passion Emotion Imagination Spirituality Interest in the Exotic Nature: pastoral and wild Revolution Social Justice

3. NATURE Neo-Classical Romantic Universal Subject to human control Gardens Source of peace and tranquillity Untamed nature: dangerous/evil Particular Beyond human control Mountains, oceans, forests Source of inspiration and spirituality Untamed nature: exhilarating/sublime

4. Gainsborough, St James Park

5. Friedrich, Solitary Tree

6. LOVE Neo-Classical Romantic Universal Subject to human control Marriage Social Contract Economic Contract Attraction between social and intellectual equals Source of peace and tranquillity Particular Beyond human control Passion Individual choice Search for soul-mate Forbidden attractions: social, exotic, incestual Source of inspiration, exhilaration and despair

7. Gaspar Netscher A Musical Evening

8. John Smibert, Bishop Berkeley and His Family

9. Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at Sunrise

10. William Blake The Enslavement of Experience The Transcendance of Imagination

11. Neo-Classical Artist Social Arbiter of Taste Elitist Moral Intellectual Critic Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Diderot

12. Romantic Artist Loner Unconventional Interested in the “noble savage” Amoral Genius Prophet George Gordon Lord Byron