A Romantic And Modernist Perspective

Wordsworth stood on the cliff 'not only with the sense of 'present pleasure'; (63) but he joyfully anticipated the moments 'for future years'; (65). He came back to reality and began to analyze the situation after his reminiscing. Wordsworth realized that he had lost some guidance and was searching for the presence of nature when returning to the Wye. He remembered when he used to wander and roam as free as a roe but as he matured he felt content with tapping into his memories of his youth because as Wordsworth stated, 'That time is past? other gifts have allowed; for such loss, I would believe, abundant recompense'; (83-88). He realized that he was involved with more mature things in life because he had become more intelligent through the years and saw nature in the light of his intelligence. Yet, he insisted that he was 'still a lover of the meadows and the woods, and the mountains; and of all that we behold from this green earth'; (102-105) but indeed, in a more composed way.

Romanticism was a period time 1750 to 1870 in Europe, Latin America and The United States. Romantic Movement didn’t reach to France until the 1820’s. Romanticism main spirit was against of rule, law and formulas that classicism the different characterized of general in 18th century. Imagination, Subjectivity of approach, freedom, Expression and the idealization of nature will be focused in movement of Romantic Literature. In this period industrial revolution with the social and political norms form as age of enlightenment and against of scientific rationalization of nature. Some Literature element of that period will be emotional, imagination and suspense. Romanticism movement brings some of different writes such as John Keats, Blake William, Wordsworth William and other. They came with the different illustrated, poetry that expresses the language, emotion and imagination. Romanticism is a phenomenon characterized by subjectivity of approach and reliance on the imagination, An Idealization of nature and freedom of though and expression.

William Wordsworth is another Romantic Writer that uses the recollection of memory and emotions to advance his poetry beyond traditional limits. In the introduction of William Wordsworth in The Norton Anthology, an excerpt describes Wordsworth’s use of memory in his work:

The poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, 1, July 1798” is deeply rooted in its author’s personal history. It was written by the poet William Wordsworth after taking a walking tour along the Welsh Borders with his sister, Dorothy. In the summer of 1973, Wordsworth visited North Wales when he was still quite young and anxious, with the world on his shoulders. He was, at that time, still new in his profession, with very radical political views, as well as an estranged father to an illegitimate child in France. He was only twenty-three years old then. Five years later, when he returned to

Wordsworth saw how the industrialization and the Age of Reason restrained nature and made society isolated from nature by giving importance to worldly possessions and material goods. To Wordsworth society solely concentrated on “…getting and spending,” (line 2) completely “…out of tune,” (line 8) with nature. Wordsworth passionately advocated against this consumer mentality and such was his vehement dissolution and discontent that he “rather be a Pagan suckled in a creed outworn” (line 10). This allusion to paganism, an outdated and primitive religion that saw everything in nature as being alive with souls, serves to highlight his great disappointment and discontent with society’s detachment and negligence of nature.

In this excerpt from “The Prelude”, Wordsworth’s speaker exhibits three major responses to his experiences in nature. Each response is quite different from the previous and just as- if not more- vividly represented.

William Wordsworth’s poetry was renowned for its connection to nature. As we learnt in class, his father became very ill when he traveled into nature and the

The human tendency, described in the poem, is to foolishly “waste our powers” on material items rather than taking time to enjoy nature. Mankind is obsessed with “getting and spending” that we have become “out of tune” with the rest of the world to the point we do not anything of nature at all. The majority of the poem is a tribute to nature’s beauty so that others can experience it once industrialization consumes it. The past and memory are captured in Wordsworth’s poem through the experience of nature and its destruction from a first-person perspective. The concern of preserving the past to the Romantic poets it to pass on experiences of something beautiful that many do not take the time to see, and will soon cease to

Wordsworth, considered the greatest Romantic poet. Going against traditional poetry with his good friend Coleridge which was proper style, proper words, with subject matter. They defied it the used witty figures of speech, effusive praise with tragic complaints, oh the audacity. Since they did this though they helped build the Romanticism Movement. One of Wordsworth’s poems is Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey or for short Tintern Abbey. This poem is about Wordsworth’s trip after 5 long years back to an old, abandoned Abbey in Wales with his sister Dorothy. He tells us about the present of being there, to the past when he first came to this abandoned Abbey, back to the present talking to his sister about it and the future.

In "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", Wordsworth uses imagination to help him and others to live in the physical world peacefully. He recalls playing in Tintern Abbey, a forest nearby there and played in it when he was young. Now he comes back for different reasons. He escapes the world which is individualism and goes to the forest to get away from all the burden. He tells his young sister that she can always come here to get away from her problems as well. In the poem, Wordsworth uses nature to solve problems in life.

As our world evolve to a more civilize period, peoples ideology of the world are also evolving, which helps structure the civilization in a certain way. Civilians slowly became more aware of life problems, as a result, they put effort to find peace through the work of art. Some people might question, How can that solve daily life issues or what does it take to better the society? Well, the Europeans had adapted the Neoclassicism and Romanticism form of art belief, in order to find the answers that they were always looking for. Neoclassicism is the principal of logically viewing life in a mathematics and rational level, especially when it comes to solving worldly issues and it’s expressed through art and literature. However, Romanticism believe in the beauty of art, faith, and rely on intense emotions for judgement. Firstly, the society took on the Neoclassicism belief, which was a harsher period due to the fact of people dealing with situations that involved excluding humanly emotions, such as, pity, fear, and pain. Then 100 years later more people decided to adapt to the Romanticism system because it seems fairer. Even though, Neoclassicism and Romanticism were both followed work of art that had an impact on the societies outlook of life, there are many differences in the way the two systems portray the world.

John Constable was a 18th and 19th century English artist whose work has coincided with the literary and artistic Romanticism movement. His works included many painting and sketches of the natural world and environment which was one of the hallmarks of Romantic works. A lot of his work did not cover the theme of ruins until later in his life and especially after the death of his wife. His oil on canvas painting, “Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames—Morning after a Stormy Night” depicts the ruins of a medieval stronghold known by the same name of Hadleigh Castle after a storm has ravaged the area over night. However, it is important to note the context in which this work was created in. In 1828, Constable’s wife had passed away and this led to a shift in his own artistic work. In addition, Constable had also been inducted into the Royal Academy but he was criticized and scrutinized by the president of the organization which also led to a change in Constable’s style and themes. The setting of the artwork is very gloomy and somber and this has a lot to do with these events that had taken place in his life during the creation of the piece. Yet, despite the depressing emotions the image initially evokes, there is also this aspect of renewal and resurrection that is created by the artwork. In an article titled Constable, John, Michael Rosenthal from Oxford University stated, “Constable later though a ‘ruin’ a suitable symbol for himself, but the iconography of this painting

The emphasis in Tintern Abbey is on things seen and things remembered, on the light of sense, not on the invisible world. The presence of outer nature disturbs the mind, sets it into motion until it realizes that nature and itself are not utterly distinct, that they are mixed together, interfused. The central story of the poem is about aesthetic contemplation and its personal myth of memory as salvation. The misgivings and the ultimate fear of mortality are part of the poem because of Wordsworth's insistence upon autobiographical honesty (Abrams.)

Written over the course of several years beginning in 1802, Ode to Intimations by William Wordsworth is one of the most revered poems of the Romantic period. The sonnet explores man 's relationship with nature and the gradual loss of the glorious life of childhood. In William Wordsworth’s “Ode to Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” the speaker specifically uses the memories of the innocence and life of his childhood to articulate his ideas of devotion and connection with nature.

In 1928 the Congrès International d 'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) was formed in order to unify and define certain manifestos of how modernism would be translated to architecture, urbanism, and habitat. CIAM sought to organize the ideas of modern architecture and formalize these thoughts to shape political, economic, and ecological theories. A series of conferences was held with leading architects, theorists, and planners to create and define a certain aesthetic and philosophy for architectural and urbanistic ideals.