ROMANTICISM

By: Georgia P., Jordan C., and Rosa W.

“It was my heart that counseled me to do it, and my heart cannot err.”

WHAT’S ROMANTICISM?

Expression of emotion

Feelings of nature and God

Imagination vs reason

ROMANTICISM IN CULTURE

Poetry should come from your soul

Wanted nature for show, not just for study

Friedrich wanted people to see nature with their

hearts

Beethoven wanted to express his beliefs through

music

Religion became less ‘by the book’

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Edgar Allen Poe: Gothic literature

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Pioneer of

Romanticism

Delacroix: Art should make you feel happy by

looking at it

Berlioz: Program music

KEY WORDS

Individualism: Empathize good traits in people

Pantheism: Make everything good in nature

comparable to God

Art: Visual arts that express feelings and moods

Music: Express feelings and depict moods

Gothic Literature: Exploring the fear of the world

in literature

ROMANTIC ART