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Karina Bucci December 20th
Karina Bucci December 20th
Karina Bucci December 20th
2023
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Throughout history, art has come in many different shapes and forms. The changing of
the type of art has to do with the society and culture surrounding it. The Enlightenment era came
right before Romanticism and had lasting effects on art, culture, and society. With enlightenment
focusing on reason and logic, Romanticism shifts its attention to emotion rather than reason. Not
only does the effects of the Enlightenment create change within the public but also their views
The Enlightenment era heavily fixated on science and rationality, once separated from the
church people started exploring the world of science. Leaving behind emotion and imagination.
Romanticism criticizes this way of thinking; they believe that life should be filled with emotion
and creativity. That humans shouldn’t be molded, that each person should have free will with
their spirituality. Romanticism also saw nature as inspiration, a lot of inspiration towards art
derived from nature, they celebrated nature as beautiful and spiritual. They believed that nature
was a powerful source that can evoke emotions and connect people with their higher selves.
Surprisingly romantics were more open to religions instead of science. A quote that describes
perfectly their relationship with nature is “in nature and the language of the sense/the anchor of
my purest thoughts, the nurse,/the guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul/of all my moral
being” taken from Tintern Abbey written by William Wordsworth. They believed that
science come into play. Thanks to this, we don’t corelate art with science and math. All types of
art were seen as an expression of the painter. Romantic artist immersed themselves in
imagination and creativity instead of realism, they aimed to evoke emotions and emphasized the
expression of feelings and individual experiences. Romantic heroes were often portrayed as
rebels or outsiders challenging the social norms of what heroes look like. Once again, nature
played a big part in art, with artists like Joseph Turner painting scenic landscapes showcasing
mystery and dread. In a nutshell the enlightenment was all about order and reason in regard to art
and to completely shift that view romanticism enjoys focusing on spontaneity and individual
expression.
The lasting effects that romanticism has on our society is the fact that we no longer
associate math/science with art. We don’t corelate the two things, in fact to us in the 21 st century
they are two completely different subjects. We view art as an expression of emotion that should
evoke something within us. More importantly some effects that it had on the 19h century was
influencing new philosophical thoughts such as irrationality. Nationalism was also a big thing
that effected the 19th century, it created a sense of community and inspiration for art and music,
many artists turned to their culture to influence their work relying on their culture, heritage,
folklore and history. This new look on art and the division of art was something new and drastic
bringing new perspectives in all subjects and areas of life but with all these new ideas came
criticism which introduced yet another phenomena that will take everything that we learnt from
the enlightenment era and make us throw it into the trash. With every new idea comes new
criticism and with new criticism comes even more ideas. The emergence of Romanticism can be
seen as a complex response to the Enlightenment era. Both so different yet so effective on