Romanticism vs.

Realism
 Romanticism
Rebelled against
Enlightenment’s
emphasis on reason
Wanted to inspire deep
emotions
An age of passion,
rebellion, individuality,
imagination, intuition,
idealism, and creativity.
Nature in the raw, wild
state
 Romanticism
 From the late 18th Century to
the mid 19th Century.
 The Romantic hero (tragic hero)
is a literary archetype
referring to a character that
rejects established norms and
conventions, has been rejected
by society, and has the self as
the center of his or her own
existence.
 ART: “Hannibal and His Army
Crossing the Alps”; JMW Turner
Realism
Attempted to present
the world as it was
Lacked the sentiment
and emotion of
romanticism
Looked at harsh side of
life which they wanted
to improve
 Realism
 1850 to WWII
 ART: Realism,
French, Jean-
Francois Millet,
1814-1875, "The
Gleaners," 1857
Authors
Alexander Dumas vs. Charles Dickens

Birthplace: France Birthplace: England

Works: The Three Works: Oliver Twist,
Musketeers; The Tale of Two Cities
Count of Monte Cristo
Technique: portrays
Technique:
Romantic hero lives of slum
battles huge odds - dwellers and
emphasizes heroic downtrodden -
past exposes ills of
society
 Dicey Dialogue
Which author What contemporary
represents realism films or books could
and which be labeled either
represents romanticism or
romanticism? Why? realism?
Painters
Eugene Delacroix vs. Gustave Courbet

Birthplace: France Birthplace:France

Works: Landscapes, Works: painted
peasants & medieval ordinary, working-
knights class subjects
Technique: wanted Technique: wanted
to capture beauty of to portray the
nature & convey realities of the time
violent energy of & reject imagination
emotion
Dicey Dialogue
Which painter represents
realism and which
represents romanticism?
Why?
How does modern art
reflect our cultures?

Art: Freida Kahlo

Composers
Beethoven vs. Aaron Copeland
Birthplace: Germany Birthplace: America
Works: 5th Works: Piano
Symphony, Ode to Concerto
Joy Technique: Sought
to restore the order,
Technique: balance & harmony
Conveyed intense of the classical era, a
emotional struggle revolt against chaos
through music of Romanticism
 Dicey Dialogue
Which composer represents realism and which
represents romanticism? Why?

How does modern music reflect our cultures?