What is Romanticism?

• Romanticism: An artistic and intellectual

movement originating in Europe in the late

18th century and characterized by

• a heightened interest in nature

• emphasis on the individual's expression of

emotion and imagination

• rebellion against established social rules

and conventions.

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Find examples of each of these

from Frankenstein

Yes, A Quote

• Heightened interest in nature

• Emphasis on individual expression of

emotion

What is Gothic?

• “The Romantic literature preoccupied with mystery,

horror and the supernatural is known as Gothic.

• The name is a reference to the barbaric Gothic tribes of

the Middle Ages, or to medieval times in general with its

castle, knights and adventure.

• Gothic novels tended to feature brooding tones, remote

settings, and mysterious events.

• The characters’ inner emotional lives receive a lot of

attention, as does the struggle between good and evil.

-Enriched Classic edition of

Frankenstein

Find examples of each from

Frankenstein – again, quotes• Brooding tones

• Remote Settings

• Mysterious events

• Character’s inner emotional struggles

• Struggle between good and evil

Romantic and Gothic Style

Styles in art and architecture

relate to styles in literature.

Gothic Architecture

• First, what are some qualities of Gothic

literature?

• How might these qualities be reflected in

architecture? That is, what will these

buildings look like?

Ideal Gothic Church

Viollet-le-Duc

Flying buttress

Villard d'Honnecourt

flying buttress–noun Architecture.

a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that

through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.

Gothic Architecture

• Pointed arches (doors and outer parts)

• Flying buttress

• Vertically aligned

• Emphasis on stained glass to let in light.

Laon Cathedral,

1160-1225

The interior of Coutances Cathedral, photography by Eric Pouhier

Romantic Painting

Characteristics:• the avoidance of classical forms and rules

• emphasis on the emotional and spiritual

• representation of the unattainable ideal

• nostalgia for the grace of past ages

• a predilection for exotic themes (especially

mythical or literary allusions)

Caspar Freidrich

Eugene Delacroix

This famous painting

• Delacroix's most influential work came in 1830with the painting Liberty Leading the People,

• The choice of subject and technique highlights the differences between the romantic approach and the neoclassical style.

• Probably Delacroix's best known painting, it is an unforgettable image of Parisians, having taken up arms, marching forward under the banner of the ttricolor representing liberty and freedom; Delacroix was inspired by contemporary events to invoke the romantic image of the spirit of liberty. The soldiers lying dead in the foreground offer poignant counterpoint to the symbolic female figure, who is illuminated triumphantly, as if in a spotlight.

• In 1930, Grant Wood, an American painter with

European training, noticed a small white house built in

Carpenter Gothic architecture in Eldon Iowa. Wood

decided to paint the house along with "the kind of people

I fancied should live in that house."[1] He recruited his

sister Nan to model the woman, dressing her in a

colonial print. The man is modeled on Wood's dentist,.

The three-pronged hay fork is echoed in the stitching of

the man's overalls, the Gothic window of the house and

the structure of the man's face. Each element was

painted separately; the models sat separately and never

stood in front of the house.

Your turn

• On paper, draw a romantic/gothic scene of

North Thurston High School. What would

the building look like if it was gothic? The

students? Ms. Bennett? Mr. Rood?

• Label each part (here are the flying

buttresses, this shows isolation, this has a

brooding tone, etc.)