ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Henry Fuseli, Denis Diderot
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Incubus crouching on an innocent woman"s chest. Dramatic settings: many life or death moments, beyond human control. Eroticism and privacy - voyeuristic, keen interest in the female body. Began as a literary movement, which influenced the visual arts. Strong emphasis on imagination and emotion, a rejection of the disillusionment with the. French philosopher denis diderot all that stuns the soul, all that imprints a feeling of. Age of reason terror, leads to the sublime . Middle east becomes known as the orient in france, even though it is not east asia or. Contrasts conception: recurring images of the other . Shadow self- frenchmen seeking adventure and pleasure. A feeling of awe and human struggle against the power and force of nature. A feeling of sadness and human struggle against the self.
