Revolution: Romanticism to
Realism
Agenda
• Bell Ringer: Who am I?
• Very quick lecture: Romanticism and Revolution
• Chart interpretation: Romanticism vs Impressionism vs
Realism
• Literary analysis: Comparing Romanticism to Realism
• Image analysis: The changing paintings of the era.
• Review Guide and Test Format, questions about the
exam.
• HW: Work on Review Guide, Test will be on Tuesday,
December 15th, 2015.
Ideas of Romanticism
• Moving away from
reason, concentrating
on emotion
• Focus on the mysterious
and supernatural
• Glorified heroes
• Promoted radical
change and democracy
• The past as nostalgia
Romanticism Literature
• Victor Hugo and
Wordsworth known
Romantics.
– Struggles of individuals
against a hostile society.
– Celebrated rebellious
heroes, love, and the
beauty of nature.
• Gothic Novels also part of
the Romantic movement.
– Commonly had violent or
supernatural events
associated with them.
(Mary Shelley)
Realism
• This was an attempt to
show life as it is.
• Shows political importance
of the working class and rise
of industrialization.
• An attempt to describe
workers’ suffering.
– Dickens would show despair
in London.
• Photography develops.
• Daguerreotypes were on
metal plates, but William
Talbot would expand to
using paper.
Impressionists
• Painters in Paris began
to move against this
realist style.
• They wanted to give
“their” impression of a
moment in time.
• Much more positive
than the realists, they
tended to show the
middle class enjoying
leisure-time.
Which type of painting?
Which Type of Painting?
Which Type of Painting?
Objectives
What is Romanticism?
What are characteristics of:
Romanticism
Realism
Impressionism