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    The Romantic Movement‚ which contains main ideas of liberty and conservatism‚ begins at the end of eighteenth century‚ and this era lasts for half century (Perry et al. 2009‚ pp.520-521). Romanticism’s relationship with the Enlightenment is like day and night‚ they seem to be the opposite of each other but they still have innumerable links. This essay will agree that Romantics’ thoughts on painting and poetry. Romanticism paintings have discriminable features such as strong emotions and free imagination

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    Essays: Option 1 Romanticism Write an essay that classifies Theodore Gericault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa and William Woodsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” as romantic by identifying and explaining how specific examples from both works reflect three different characteristics of the Romantic period. In class we talked about Theodore Gericault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa in reference to the story to along with the painting. We also discussed and analyzed the poem “I Wandered

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    Romanticism Era In the European and American movement‚ Romanticism art‚ extended from about 1800 to 1850. The Romantic Movement first took root in Germany and then England in the 1780s. With the decline of Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment‚ and the American and French Revolutions‚ the movement shook the rest of Europe and lighted across the seas in the second wave to America. The ideals and tenets were the exact opposite of Neoclassicism‚ which emphasized order‚ logic‚ emotional restraint

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    6 Degrees of Separation Just as in life‚ art is shaped and molded by history. Previous artworks set the stage for future masterpieces to come. Every piece of art is unique in its own expression‚ but when thoroughly analyzed‚ a map of inspiration between all art starts to form. Whether the inspiration derives from form‚ color‚ style‚ or message‚ most artworks contain hints of similarity and by following this map of artistry we can discover connections between pieces that illuminate a whole new meaning

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    PDF. Kaiser‚ David. Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics. N.p.: U of Chicago‚ 2005. Google Books. Web. 16 Dec. 2016. Laborie‚ Séverine. "The Raft of the Medusa." The Raft of the Medusa | Louvre Museum | Paris. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2016. Peregrine‚ Anthony. "Raft of the Medusa: A Grisly Tale of Incompetence and Cannibalism." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group‚ 12 July 2016. Web. 17 Dec. 2016. Arnold. (2017‚ 08 28). Value of Knowledge Produced with Difficulty

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    Francisco Goya both made sense of their world‚ in expressing what they believed needed to be shown‚ the horrific act in humanity of inhumanity. Gericault was one of the most famous‚ and passionate of artist’s within the art movement. Famous for the Raft of

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    daughter‚ “… have I‚ thy schoolmaster‚ made thee more profit than other princesses can that have more time for vainer hours and tutors not so careful.” (Shakespeare). With books that Gonzalo gave to him when setting the father and daughter adrift on the raft‚ Prospero made sure to educate his daughter more thoroughly than most princesses. Polydectes also made sure that his new son would be knowledgeable‚ “Polydectes eventually became united to Danaë‚ and bestowed upon Perseus an education befitting a hero”

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    Dalia Selman 03/24/2014 Response Paper 8 The Modern World Goya and Gericault Analysis The Romantic style art was a response to the restraint of Neoclassical style. Romantics exaggerated the explosion of emotion‚ free spirit and color in contrast to Neoclassical single shaded color and clean cut lines. The Grand Manner‚ declared by Louis XIV limited artists in what type of works they can produce. The Romantic period is the backlash of the artists who do want to paint/write/sculpt the unusual

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    of man’s struggle against the awesome power of nature manifest this sensibility. Scenes of shipwrecks culminated in 1819 with Théodore Gericault’s strikingly original Raft of the Medusa (Louvre)‚ based on a contemporary event. In its horrifying explicitness‚ emotional intensity‚ and conspicuous lack of a hero‚ The Raft of the Medusa became an icon of the emerging Romantic style. Similarly‚ J. M. W. Turner’s 1812 depiction of Hannibal and his army crossing the Alps (Tate Britain‚ London)‚ in which

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    Gail Anderson Faculty Lisa Koen Art History: From the Early Modern to the Contemporary May 29‚ 2014 Assignment 2: Discussion Forum Do you prefer the work of the French Romantics or the Spanish Romantics? Why? Please provide examples for support. In essence‚ I prefer the work of the French Romantics oppose to the Spanish Romantics. My reason for choosing the work of the French Romantics is the rich vivid colors and smooth flow of the lines and shape‚ whereas the Spanish Romantic work uses more

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