Concetti Chiave
- Romanticism emerged in the late 18th century, shaped by major revolutions like the American, Industrial, and French Revolutions, fostering introspection and a quest for personal freedom.
- The Romantic Movement varied greatly between countries and artists, emphasizing individual sensibilities and the rediscovery of medieval art and traditions, often termed the "Gothic vogue".
- Nature was reimagined as an expression of God through pantheism, while imagination became a unique faculty of artists, distinct from the more common fantasy.
- Childhood was idealized as a pure stage of life, untainted by societal conventions, as illustrated by Rousseau's experiment with a child growing up in nature.
- Exoticism in Romanticism involved the imaginative depiction of distant and unknown places, showcasing creativity beyond direct experience.
At the end of the 18th century, precisely in the last thirty years of this century, there was the rise of a new sensibility, known as ROMANTICISM.
The development of this new age was influenced by great events and great revolutions:
The American Revolution (July 4, 1776) that determined the freedom of the American colonies from England (the Declaration of Independence).
The Industrial Revolution that reshaped the economic, social and political background of Britain.
The French Revolution (July 14, 1789 storming of the bastille), because french people believed in values like freedom, brotherhood and equality, when this revolution failed, bringing to a dictatorship led by Robespierre, there was a sort of disillusionment between people, that brought man to be more introspective, and consequently individual, searching freedom inside himself.
The main features of this period became introspection, nostalgia and emotionalism.
Romantic Movement, was different from country to country and in the countries from artist to artist, because everyone has personal thoughts, a personal sensibility.
In this period, there was the rediscovery of the art and popular traditions of the Middle Age that manifested itself in the so-called “Gothic vogue”, which was in interest in what was wild, irrational, supernatural and horrific.
The concept of nature changed too, in fact nature was considered as an expression of God, because in this period there was the spreading of a new religion, pantheism that considers God in nature.
Another important feature of this period, whose gained a key role, was imagination, that is a faculty that belongs only to the artists (poets, musicians, painters) and it lets them to see beyond the reality.
We must make an important difference between imagination and fantasy, because while imagination belongs only to the artists, fantasy, instead, belongs to everyone and it is the realaboration about something that we already know.
The childhood was considered the best season of the human life, because children as ignorants as peasants were incontamineted by the society, so they express their emotions, thoughts and feelings without considering social conventions, that is, without fear to be judged by the others, in fact according to this concept, cultured people were considered unhappy because they think too.
Jean Jacques Rousseau, made an experiment, that is, he adopted a child who he called Emilio, he made him to grow up in captivity, that is, in contact with nature, when Emilio grew up and adult became, he sent him to live in strictly contact with the society, so making it, Rousseau realized that when Emilio lived in contact with nature he was good, but when he moved to the city he became bad, so the philosopher stated that the society is an evil force.
he exotism was the description of far away places of which we have not any experience, using only the imagination.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuáles fueron los eventos históricos que influyeron en el surgimiento del Romanticismo?
- ¿Cómo se manifestaron las características principales del Romanticismo?
- ¿Qué papel jugó la naturaleza en el Romanticismo?
- ¿Cuál fue la diferencia entre imaginación y fantasía en el contexto del Romanticismo?
El Romanticismo fue influenciado por la Revolución Americana, la Revolución Industrial y la Revolución Francesa, que promovieron valores como la libertad y la introspección.
Las características principales incluyeron la introspección, la nostalgia, el emocionalismo, y un interés por lo irracional y sobrenatural, conocido como la "moda gótica".
La naturaleza fue vista como una expresión de Dios, influenciada por el panteísmo, y se consideró una fuente de inspiración y conexión espiritual.
La imaginación era una facultad exclusiva de los artistas para ver más allá de la realidad, mientras que la fantasía era una reelaboración de lo conocido accesible a todos.
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