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19 Century Neo-Classicism/Romanticism: Romanticism - More Expression, Drama, Emotion and Feeling!
19 Century Neo-Classicism/Romanticism: Romanticism - More Expression, Drama, Emotion and Feeling!
Neo-Classicism/Romanticism
The enlightenment was a period in the Western thought in the 18th C during which society was being
more “enlightened”
The sublime was an idea that referred to the way humans responded to the awe and
phenomena of nature
The goal of the Avant-Garde was to intervene in everyday life, and by doing this they would
turn passive viewers into active parties
Flaneur – someone who sat around observing, painting and recording everyday life
The relationship between art and everyday life was not a cohesive art movement