HMU126H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Caspar David Friedrich, Johann Gottfried Herder, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
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A movement/period of cultural history that begins in the early 19th century. A counterpoint to the rise of political liberalism and german idealism. The (re)invention of the individual as an enabling force. In philosophy: people figuring out things for themselves. Differed across the continent but saw a rejection of classical formalism and the more academic style. A shift away from classical antiquity towards more diverse and potentially modern subjects. One type of romantic visual art sought to capture the emotional climate of the contemporary word (seeing all the world at the finger tip) Notable painters are william turner and caspar david friedrich. Romantic art also explored exoticism and imagined historical subjects. Painters like delacroix depicted legendary themes like the assyrian monarch sarannpalus. A combination of terror, destruction and exotic excess. Authors like byron, wordsworth, schiller and goethe provided a foundation for composers, as their writings on nature, the self, and the arts shaped views.
