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    the protection from the forces of nature which art does not have. An important distinction can therefore be made between art and architecture. Kant defines the truly sublime as being a natural phenomenon and because fine art is understood as being an imitation of this very nature‚ what it evokes is merely a representation of the sublime and an emotion or feeling that is associated with it. Similarly‚ in Charles Batteux’s analysis‚ he makes it clear that sublimity has little or no place in fine art

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    the understanding of his end goal of ultimately finding and depicting the end goal of reaching the sublime. Turner’s painting is sublime precisely because it does not imitate the natural scene. Background From the age of fourteen‚ Turner was associated

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    Goodness Philosophical Foundations of Romanticism • Earl of Shaftesbury’s View of natural goodness • Herder’s organic view of History • Post-Kantian German philosophers’ epistemological concerns • Burke’s inquiries into the sublime and the beautiful • Percy’s Researches in the Folk literature • Walpole’s and Volney’s Concern with the past • Goethe’s celebration of the rebel • Rousseau’s doctrines of man’s noble nature and the evil’s society

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    The Light and Space Movement: An Embodiment of the Sublime Throughout its history‚ the radiant light and  tempered atmosphere distinctive of California’s environment‚ as well as it landscape and culture‚ has been a source of inspiration for artists.  In the first half of the twentieth century‚ the style of  California Impressionism was prevalent.  Artists involved in this movement adopted the attention to light characteristic of French Impressionists‚ and applied this to California landscapes

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    factors. Yellowstone National Park‚ however‚ is more than just preserved nature. Throughout history‚ it has become a representation of national pride‚ identity‚ and culture. National parks evoke an aesthetic experience with both the picturesque and sublime while providing a common ground for all people to appreciate. It is argued that national parks are fundamental to America. But‚ did the establishment of national parks promote an

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    The intentions of this were to make viewers weep‚ but was actually viewed as absurd. (Simon Schama’s Power of art). Turner was viewed as mad‚ yet created the greatest British painting in the 19th century. Starting at a young age‚ Turner created sublime paintings that represented British and French issues and incredible imagination. This painting was based off the factual event of 132 African Americans being thrown overboard into shark waters of the Caribbean. The slave trade had become a great problem

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    everything bad and evil in Oz. In Wicked‚ while in the end that still rings true‚ Maguire shows that this green woman in fact has her own morality and intentions that are far from evil. Iris Murdoch believed that morality lies in interacting with the sublime‚ or seeing the world‚ and every interaction with it‚ in its true form. The morality of the wicked witch began to form at birth where she was mistreated and misunderstood‚ and then it matures as Elphaba begins to look at the world in its true form

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    texts warn against unchecked scientific endeavors‚ form and context influencing the manner with which the importance of the sublime is presented. Frankenstein’s depiction of nature uses abundant‚ sublime imagery to reveal the internal state of characters‚ and humanity’s interdependent relationship with the power of the natural world. Vividly beautiful imagery of the sublime in nature reveals Shelley’s fundamental romantic world view. She saw the society threatened by scientific progress as portrayed

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    the human construct of natural landscapes. This human construct is part of the two dualistic ideals of historical interstation of the wilderness that North Americans perceive as part of this tradition. For instance‚ Cronon (year?) defines (1) the “sublime” vision of nature as a beautiful artistic image of the pristine wilderness as a type of sanctuary or Garden of Eden in the 19th century‚ yet it also defines the dualistic countermand of (2) nature as a dangerous wilderness in the American frontier:

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