The period between 1760 and 1830 can be described as a time when the middle class began to win power from the aristocracy One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was the invention of the steam engine by James Watt The Industrial Revolution began in England because its government was will to fund industrial growth Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations emphasized the concept of enlightened self-interest
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The sublime in visual arts and music Pintura The raft of the medusa Théodore Géricault . Contemporary and political relevance. They are hanging between life and death . Drama in the wild ocean and the hope of salvation. Murder and cannibalism. There is a certain realism in the painting which at the time was an innovation yet is isn’t completely realistic‚ there is not realism in an absolute sense because there is certain idealization of the human figures‚ they are shown in very heroic poses when
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Environmental poetry expresses emotions and ideas about the surroundings and conditions to the readers and listeners. Three different landscapes are illustrated‚ by poets of different eras‚ with the use of sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In
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thought nature could teach people so much Famous Romantic Artists: • Eugene Delacroix: large canvases‚ bold use of color‚ exotic themes. Liberty Leading the People is his famous work‚ a tribute to the French Revolution • Theodore Gericault: The Raft of Medusa showed fascination with nature and incompetence of the government Famous Romantic Composers: • Ludwig von Beethoven: classical styles‚ orchestral arrangements‚ he became deaf but still played‚ composes nine
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Society’s focus on materialism and consumerism has lead to the shift in our value system‚ which in result has lead to the degradation and neglect of the environment. In his poems‚ Robert gray forces us to consider and reflect upon our involvement on the issues presented- being our priority of material and superficial value which in result has implicated on the natural world‚ provoking its decline and also the degradation of Australian society itself. Furthermore‚ we have lost the values that make
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which you are in a panic even worse‚ which could drive you to do things you wouldn’t normally do in order to survive. In “Lord of the Flies is still a blueprint for savagery” by Eleanor Learmonth and Jenny Tabakoff‚ the crewmembers on the Medusa‚ a small‚ raft-like boat started to uncontrollably tear each other apart at nightfall. Dozens of people were dying one way or another each night. Another example from that same article was that of the Belgica trapped in the Antarctic ice. When one man died
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audience in Belgium so piercingly and directly that they suddenly broke into mobs‚ stormed out of the opera theater and joined the street riots that eventually led to Belgium’s secession from the Kingdom of the Netherlands! Similarly‚ Henze’s ‘The Raft of the Medusa’ in 1968 in Cuba nearly ended in a riot
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painting the cowering and horrified expressions of the Spanish peasants‚ one man throwing his arms out in a cruciform gesture. The significance in this painting lies in Goya’s choice for dramatic lighting and his extended timeframe. Gericault’s “Raft of the Medusa” is a depiction of an actual historic event‚ though he abandoned the idealism of Neoclassicism and invoked the theatricality of Romanticism. The sheer size of this painting adds to the significance of this painting. The emotions and tragedy
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you know it’s not human‚ it’s a Gorgon. The idea of Gorgons dates back all the way to the Greek times. The Gorgons can be found in Greek art and are included in epics often‚ Medusa was the most common out of the Gorgons but there are many discrepancies about who she was‚ and Perseus was ultimately the one to defeat Medusa. The Gorgons were monsters of Greek mythology‚ showing up in culture at different points in history‚ adding on to the last description. Gorgons show up in as more of a major figure
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Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa” Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy‚ which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis. To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do‚ men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex
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