Wednesday, December 5 Analyzing Romantic Images

“The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”

Coming up: Monday December 10 vocabulary quiz The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (class handout / copy below)
In class: vocabulary quiz on Romanticism terms (handed out on Monday, November 26)
      Analyzing Romantic images / applying the vocabulary to art.

Romanticism (also the Romantic era or the Romantic period) was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850.

1. Take out your notebooks.

2. Look at the vocabulary list from last week. (see below). 

3. Look at this image.

4.  List three words you associate with this image.

5.  Write out a short explanation why.

1. didactic- adjective meaning something that is meant to teach

2. picturesque-adjective- visually attractive, especially in a quaint or pretty style.

3. sublime- Noun- something that elevates to a high degree of moral or spiritual purity or excellence.

4. awe- noun- a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.

*5. epiphany- noun- a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2) :  an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3) :  an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosureism 

6. kindred- (adjective)- similar, closely connected because of similar natures, tastes, or goals 

7. to writhe (verb)- to twist in pain

8. to covet (verb) - to wish for longingly

9. insurrection (n) a revolt, rebellion, or uprising against established authority

10. impetuous (adj) acting with little or no thought 

The Romantics were a group of writers, artists, and thinkers who rebelled against the rational thinking of the Enlightenment by championing intense emotion and feeling as the truest form of aesthetic* experience. 

aesthetic*- adjective

1. 1.

   
   

   concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

   
   

   "the pictures give great aesthetic pleasure"

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noun

1. 1.

   a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

HENRY FUSELI'S THE NIGHTMARE

What qualities of Romanticism do you see in this image?

Look at the list on the graphic organizer and discuss with a neighbor for two minutes.

Qualities of Romanticism

Love of Nature
Idealization of Rural Living
Faith in Common People
Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism
Spontaneity, intuition, feeling, imagination, wonder
Passionate individual religiosity
Life after death
Organic view of the World

Using your graphic organizer, respond to each of the following as to what aspects of Romanticism are reflected in the painting. There is a copy below for anyone who is absent.
1.

Saturn Devouring His Children by Francisco Goya

2.

Wivenhoe Park by John Constable

3)

The Wanderer by Casper Friedrich

4)                      Liberty   by Eugene Delacroix

5)  Fur Traders  by Caleb Bingham

Name___________________________________

Elements of Romanticism: the eye reveals

Qualities of Romanticism

Love of Nature

Idealization of Rural Living

Faith in Common People

Emphasis on Freedom and Individualism

Spontaneity, intuition, feeling, imagination, wonder

Passionate individual religiosity

Life after death

Organic view of the World

Beside each of the following titles, write one observation concerning a character, setting, plot, tone. Next, look at the accompanying handout, and write one quality of Romanticism that you note is represented by the image.

Painting	Literary Element Observation	Romantic quality
1.    Saturn Devouring His Children- Francisco Goya
2.    Wivenhoe Park by John Constable
The Wanderer by Caspar Friedrich
Liberty   by Eugene Delacroix
Fur Traders on the Missouri John Caleb Bingham

 Today's quiz

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Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe   VOCABULARY 1  Quiz on Monday, December 10.

1. tract (noun)- an extended piece of land

2.  to pervade (verb) – to spread or diffuse something

3. sublime (adj) sublimity (noun)- inspiring awe, superb, marvelous

4. insoluble (adj)- having no explanation

5. malady (noun)- illness

6. stealthy (adj)-  sneaky, furtively

7. insufferable (adj)- unbearable

8. trepidation (noun)- feeling of alarm or dread

9. to manifest (verb)- to reveal or show itself

10 spontaneity (noun)- voluntary, undetermined action

11. munificent (adjective)- very generous

12. pallid (adj)- deficient in color, sickly looking