The Oppression Of Truth In Romantic Art

The Romanticism art movement praised imagination over reason, emotions over logic, and literature over science. The Romanticism artists were known for replacing the classical 18th century literature heroes with much more complex and passionate characters. Romanticism focuses on self-expression and individual uniqueness that does not lend itself to be defined nor controlled by society. The landscape on Romanticism was commonly displayed in cool rich colors and untamed peaceful surroundings. In Romanticism, nature was used to represent the extension of the human personality, the capability of feeling love, serenity, and sympathy.

In the story “Oranges”, by Gary Soto, imagery helps develop a theme by giving you the ability to painting a picture in your head, which creates the theme of love. For example, “[I] asked what she wanted- Light in her eyes, a smile Starting at the corners Of her mouth”(Soto,1), shows that he was able to make her really happy just because he had asked her what she wanted from the candy aisle. The Author is creating a picture for us by talking about his first love that he had had, using the sensory details to describe it and show us how the mood of the memory helped create this past moment. Another example being “I peeled my oranges that was so bright against the gray of december that, from some distance, someone might have thought I was

For example, the first painting that stood out to me was, “The Earth Matters”, by Lisa Jennings. The woman in the painting is holding the world in her hand, as she’s stands in a field of tall grass. There is filled space in the field from the tall grass, and empty space in the sky, because of it being clear and blue. The woman has no face, therefore she cannot see her future, but as she gazes down the earth must be important, as she holds it in the palms of her hands. Another painting that stood out to me

Romanticism was an art movement that developed in the late eighteenth century and lasted for about one hundred years. Romanticism is a rejection of the traditional values of reason, order, and objectivity that characterized Classicism and Enlightenment, in particular Neoclassicism. For the romantic artist, Neoclassical principles hindered the artist’s vision and creativity. Rather, the romantic artist emphasized and valued intuition, juxtaposing emotions, and imagination. Generally, Britain and Germany were seen at the forefront of romanticism. The British Industrial Revolution initiated a disillusionment in rationalism and materialism, consequently rejecting classicism.

‘Romantic artists used their art to portray their love and connection with nature. Their painting techniques generally encompass bright, vibrant colors, or paler and darker tones that do not provide contrast within the painting, but are rather blended and create a softer image. Many times, the immediate focus of the eye is drawn to some component of nature rather than the manmade aspects. Many times the painter’s brush strokes do not create precise lines, but are vague and provide a “blurred” perception’ http://britishromanticism.wikispaces.com/Art

A piece of artwork in this case is created and invented in manner that the viewer is lost away from the world of reality. The Invention and Fantasy theme of art uses the concept of imagery as most of this type of art work usually drifts the viewer from the state of reality into the dream world.

Both trees can be seen as beautiful, but to the two groups of Romantics: The Romantics and the Dark Romantics. Nature is one of the most valuable ideas in Romanticism. One final idea touched on by the painting is nature. For example, there are no people in the landscape, meaning that this could be the view of someone seeing the scene. Nature is also present in the weathering of the

Yet another easy example of Romantic style nature is that of just before and up to Victor's trek up Montanvert after he is grieving over the death of his brother. He says, "Dear Mountains My own beautiful lake How do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my unhappiness?" (52). This statement brings out a new view of Romanticism. The Romantics viewed nature as an entity all its own, a god amongst men for instance. Victor thinks that nature is mocking him with all its beauty because of the ugliness that he has marred it with by playing God. This "mocking" truly hurts Victor after his creation has just murdered his brother William.

Romantics were always striving to discover and reveal the natural beauty in nature through their own personal experiences. The sublime did just that. Sublime is “the prospect of anything beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend it fully” (Sayre). Another strong fundamental foundation in Romantics especially in German Romantic tradition is, imagination. Caspar David Friedrich does a great job in getting viewer’s imaginations going in his paintings; Monk by the Sea and The Wanderer Above The Mists.

Courbet (1819-1877) is a realistic painter, in that a majority of his work is about everyday scenes, often depicting peasants and working people in rural areas. Howerver, Courbet is also an artist who challenged the traditional painting in the middle of the 19th century. Courbet introduced a new kind of realism, which focused on a rugged depiction of nature and people rather than an idealized and artificial one. Most paintings of the time showed wealthy people, whereas Courbet who was politically involved in socialist causes, applied his political beliefs to art. (Crapo: 240-241) Crapo writes that for Courbet “realism posed a direct challenge to the aesthetic of the academic painters. It meant the unadorned depiction of everyday scenes and

The last canvas I found is the opposite in a way of the two I talked about. The Consummation of the Empire, I found this picture strange at first, that is why I chose it. Consummation meaning the completion of something, it is representing the finishing of Civilization. The point is nature has been taken over, nature is not the main focus anymore, the big white buildings seem to take over most of the land with lots of people as well. So how does this painting play a role in Romantic times ? Instead of taking what is beautiful out of something bad it does the opposite. This painting takes something that is beautiful, meaning the big white buildings, the clear blue sky and what seems to be a lot of people and makes you realize that nature is more important. In all three of these canvases, it seems that the color and texture play a role in how the artist is trying to explain emotions and how what they have gone through or what they may want to go through can affect their

The Romantic movement emphasized individualism and emotions. The movement glorified past heroes, deeds and the irrational logic they took that made individuals heroic. They produced literatures expressing the intense emotions of their experiences, era, or political disagreements. One of the ways it was expressed was with art, specifically painting. Joseph Mallord William Turner gave the gunship Temeraire a Romanticist end on her journey to be taken apart. Theodore Gericault’s take on the controversial shipwreck of a French frigate became an icon in French Romanticism. Both paintings became famous and well known for the artists. The two painters’ compelling artworks displayed two different sides to the Romantic era.

Mannerism and Realism are two periods in the history of art that did not born by themselves but were part of a greater movement or originate because they do not accept the convention of the previous movement. In these essay the main artists from these two movement will be compared in order to show how art has changed over three centuries of world changes. The first artist that will be analyzed is El Greco from Mannerism and the second one is Gustave Courbet, a representative of Realism. An interesting fact about these two artist is that even though they lived in different epochs they have chosen the same theme for one of their paintings and this allows to a more detailed comparison in order to see how the historical context and the movements

Two novelists Emily Bronte and Mary Shelly both depict this in their novels Wuthering Heights and Frankenstein. In the forms of showing the strong emotion of characters and their awe of nature. Bronte especially depicts these natures in her intense but romantic style of writing. In conclusion, Emily Bronte used romanticism to make a more intense impact to the reader and their

Romanticism came to be in the 18th and 19th centuries which emphasized the imagination and emotions of romanticism. Many people viewed this type of literature as the quality or state of being impractical or unrealistic meaning romantic feelings or ideas. During this time many poets were encouraged to express their true colors and individual uniqueness. The Romantic Era expanded all throughout the world, and reached poets such as Keats, Byron, Shelley, and Wordsworth.