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CLASSICISM vs.

ROMANTICISM
Neo-Classicism vs Romanticism
 Greek/Roman influence  Medieval/Oriental influence
 Emphasis on Society  Emphasis on Individual
 Age of Reason  Age of Passion
 Rationality  Emotion
 Philosophy  Imagination
 Deism  Spirituality
 Euro-centric  Interest in the Exotic
 Cities  Nature: pastoral and wild
 Enlightenment  Revolution
 Science  Social Justice
NATURE
Neo-Classical Romantic
 Universal  Particular
 Subject to human control  Beyond human control
 Gardens  Mountains, oceans,
 Source of peace and forests
tranquillity  Source of inspiration
 Untamed nature: and spirituality
dangerous/evil  Untamed nature:
exhilarating/sublime
Gainsborough, St James Park
Friedrich, Solitary Tree
LOVE
Neo-Classical Romantic
 Universal  Particular
 Subject to human control  Beyond human control
 Marriage  Passion
 Social Contract  Individual choice
 Economic Contract  Search for soul-mate
 Attraction between social  Forbidden attractions:
and intellectual equals social, exotic, incestual
 Source of peace and  Source of inspiration,
tranquillity exhilaration and despair
Gaspar Netscher
A Musical Evening
John Smibert, Bishop Berkeley and His Family
Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at Sunrise
William Blake
The Enslavement of Experience

The Transcendance of Imagination


Neo-Classical
Artist
 Social
 Arbiter of Taste
 Elitist
 Moral
 Intellectual
 Critic

Louis Michel van Loo Portrait of Diderot


Romantic
Artist
 Loner
 Unconventional
 Interested in the
“noble savage”
 Amoral
 Genius
 Prophet
George Gordon Lord Byron

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