Thursday, August 18, 2011
Examples of Romanticism?
well, romanticism as you may well know, is the emotion overcoming the mind, keep in mind that anything artistic wise or character in stories will often be portrayed as an outsider, and in the end he will fix society even though he is doomed to never be in it, one good comparison is western movie heroes and how they have a reverence of nature, they can join society (civilization) and the only powerful thing is nature. this can also be compared in art, for instance if the painting has a person to their back towards the viewer, and if they are portrayed small in comparisons to nature, remember that romantics were in love with mysticism and revolutionary thoughts (six hour plays that were meant to only be read, frankenstein and how in the book it is not he who is the monster but science, and society) romantics are anti-reason, anti-society, and anti-science. they were a rebellion to the enlightenment. Rousseau's quote best sums up the ideas of romantics "man is born free, but is everywhere in chains" good luck! and i hope i answered your question!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment