Romanticism19th Century

Romanticism

• Same old questions• What is my purpose?• Why am I here?• What is my responsibility to others?• What is my responsibility to myself?• Answer:

Nature

Romanticism

• Glorification of the Common Place

• Strong Focus on Nature as the maker of rules and laws• Nature as a teacher

• Fascination with the Supernatural

• Emphasis on the emotional response of the reader/audience

J.M.W. Turner: “Fisherman at Sea”

How do I control Nature?Answer:

#1 You can’t. You are helpless!#2 You can! Nature

Man has the ability to control his purpose, and destiny through the knowledge of science.

Naturalism

• How do I control Nature?• Answer• #1 You can’t. You are helpless!• #2 You can! Nature• Man has the ability to control his purpose, and

destiny through the knowledge of science.

NaturalismWe are Powerless

• In the end:• Those that try to play god –• Those that try to control nature –• Those that refuse to ACCEPT their place in the

Universive• Will always – always – always – always• FAIL!

Turner: Snow Storm

Question: “Why does Turner’s paintings evolve into blurred images of nature?

Key Words: Evolve, blur, nature

Answer:

The ProcessBrainstorm the details

Take the picture a partFind the Patterns

Which details have a relationship?Categories: focus on key words from the prompt

Color FocusTextureMan (boat)Nature (clouds)

Ask Questions using key words from the promptAnswer the prompt:

Use key words from the promptBrainstorm and think!Answer MUST have the word “because”

Man Vs Nature

Goya: “Sleep of Reason”

Goya: “Sleep of Reason”

Eakins: “Gross Anatomy”

Eakins: “Gross Anatomy”• What are the limits of knowledge?

• What are the limits of Science?

• What are the limits of man’s control?

• What are the limits of man’s abilities?

• Humanists Answer: There are no limits!

Question:

Why (why not) does Mankind need limits to its knowledge?

Science

• Nature acts and reacts in a pattern• That pattern is predictable• That pattern is observable• As a result, assumptions can be made based

upon the observation of the perdictability