A New Culture
Chapter 9 Section 4
2. a
Romanticism
1750-1850
• Artists, Writers, and Composers glorified
nature and sought to excite strong
emotions in the audience
1. a
Lord Byron
1788 - 1824
• A British poet and writer who created a
mysterious, melancholy hero who felt out of
step with society. Moody, isolated romantic
heroes came to be described as Byronic
“My joys, my grief,
my passions, and
my powers, Made
me a stranger.”
1. b
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• German author who wrote FAUST, about an
aging scholar Faust that makes a pact with
the devil, exchanging his soul for youth,
eventually gains salvation by accepting his
duty to help others.
1. d
Charlotte Bronte
• English novelist who
wrote JANE EYRE, about
a quiet governess and
her brooding Byronic
employer whose mansion
conceals a terrifying
secret.
1. c
Ludwig van Beethoven
• German composer
combined classical
forms with a
stirring range of
sound, was the first
composer to take
full advantage of
the broad range of
instruments in the
modern orchestra.
2. b
Realism
• Attempt to represent the world as it was,
not as glorified by the romantics. Most
work was on the harsh side of life!
2. a
Charles Dickens
• English realist writer who wrote Oliver
Twist about the social problems in
England, specifically in the orphan’s world.
1. f
Gustave Courbet
• French realist artist showed the hard parts
of life and work, not the romantic notions
of angels and such, Gustave painted what
he saw!
2. c
Impressionism
• Artists tried to capture the first fleeting
impression made by a scene or object on
the viewer’s eye.
1. g
Claude Monet
• An Impressionist painter
finished paintings without
blending brush strokes,
painted the cathedral at
Rouen from different
angles showing how the
light changes on the
subject
1. h
Postimpressionists
• Painters with a variety of styles like:
•Pointillism
Etc.
•Folk Art
3.
a. How did romantics respond to the
Enlightenment?
• They rebelled against the Enlightenments emphasis
on reason and progress and responded to
industrialism by largely ignoring it. Instead they
emphasized rural landscapes and historical
subjects.
b. Describe three subjects romantics favored?
•History, legends, folklore, and celebrated dramatic
action and heroism, they sought to portray and
arouse strong emotions.
4.
How did Dickens and Ibsen explore realistic
themes?
• Dickens vividley portrayed the lives of
slum dwellers and factory workers in his
novels. Ibsen used his plays to attack the
hypocrisy that he saw around him.
5
How did photography influence the
development of painting?
• The realism of photography made some artist
turn away from realistic painting. Instead,
they sought to capture the first fleeting
impression that a scene or object made on the
viewer’s eye.