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What is Romanticism?
• Romanticism: An artistic and intellectual
movement originating in Europe in the late
18th century and characterized by
• a heightened interest in nature
• emphasis on the individual's expression of
emotion and imagination
• rebellion against established social rules
and conventions.
• - Answers.com
Find examples of each of these
from Frankenstein
Yes, A Quote
• Heightened interest in nature
• Emphasis on individual expression of
emotion
What is Gothic?
• “The Romantic literature preoccupied with mystery,
horror and the supernatural is known as Gothic.
• The name is a reference to the barbaric Gothic tribes of
the Middle Ages, or to medieval times in general with its
castle, knights and adventure.
• Gothic novels tended to feature brooding tones, remote
settings, and mysterious events.
• The characters’ inner emotional lives receive a lot of
attention, as does the struggle between good and evil.
-Enriched Classic edition of
Frankenstein
Find examples of each from
Frankenstein – again, quotes• Brooding tones
• Remote Settings
• Mysterious events
• Character’s inner emotional struggles
• Struggle between good and evil
Romantic and Gothic Style
Styles in art and architecture
relate to styles in literature.
Gothic Architecture
• First, what are some qualities of Gothic
literature?
• How might these qualities be reflected in
architecture? That is, what will these
buildings look like?
Ideal Gothic Church
Viollet-le-Duc
Flying buttress
Villard d'Honnecourt
flying buttress–noun Architecture.
a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that
through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
Gothic Architecture
• Pointed arches (doors and outer parts)
• Flying buttress
• Vertically aligned
• Emphasis on stained glass to let in light.
Laon Cathedral,
1160-1225
The interior of Coutances Cathedral, photography by Eric Pouhier
Romantic Painting
Characteristics:• the avoidance of classical forms and rules
• emphasis on the emotional and spiritual
• representation of the unattainable ideal
• nostalgia for the grace of past ages
• a predilection for exotic themes (especially
mythical or literary allusions)
Caspar Freidrich
Eugene Delacroix
This famous painting
• Delacroix's most influential work came in 1830with the painting Liberty Leading the People,
• The choice of subject and technique highlights the differences between the romantic approach and the neoclassical style.
• Probably Delacroix's best known painting, it is an unforgettable image of Parisians, having taken up arms, marching forward under the banner of the ttricolor representing liberty and freedom; Delacroix was inspired by contemporary events to invoke the romantic image of the spirit of liberty. The soldiers lying dead in the foreground offer poignant counterpoint to the symbolic female figure, who is illuminated triumphantly, as if in a spotlight.
• In 1930, Grant Wood, an American painter with
European training, noticed a small white house built in
Carpenter Gothic architecture in Eldon Iowa. Wood
decided to paint the house along with "the kind of people
I fancied should live in that house."[1] He recruited his
sister Nan to model the woman, dressing her in a
colonial print. The man is modeled on Wood's dentist,.
The three-pronged hay fork is echoed in the stitching of
the man's overalls, the Gothic window of the house and
the structure of the man's face. Each element was
painted separately; the models sat separately and never
stood in front of the house.
Your turn
• On paper, draw a romantic/gothic scene of
North Thurston High School. What would
the building look like if it was gothic? The
students? Ms. Bennett? Mr. Rood?
• Label each part (here are the flying
buttresses, this shows isolation, this has a
brooding tone, etc.)