Romanticism 2

RomanticismRomanticismr e v i e w r e v i e w

Our Significant ErasOur Significant Eras

• Hellenism• Mannerism• Romanticism

– Note that all three were initiated as clear reactions to either pivotal events or to a unsatisfying prior style/mode of thought

• Control, Rules, Structure vs. Freedom, Experimentation, Meaning

• Surface Meaning vs. Depth

• Conscious vs. Unconscious or subconscious

• Right Brain vs. Left Brain

• Objectivity vs. Passion and Emotion

• Aesthetics of “Delight and Instruct” vs. “Insights to the Mind and Heart” Eugene Delacroix,

Death of Sardanapalus

Comparison of IssuesComparison of IssuesClassicism vs. RomanticismClassicism vs. Romanticism

• Control, Rules, Structure vs. Freedom, Experimentation, Meaning

• Surface Meaning vs. Depth• Conscious vs. Unconscious or

subconscious• Right Brain vs. Left Brain• Objectivity vs. Passion and Emotion • Aesthetics of “Delight and Instruct” vs.

“Insights to the Mind and Heart”

Midterm 2/20

• Format: fill-in and short-answer, open notes, one- period, tougher version as make-up

• Value: 40 points

• 3 Units: 1.definitions of art, approaches for study

2.3.Classicism, Romanticism

– What, Why, How and to a lesser degree Who – though you should have a few significant examples known to you to use as support your responses