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Romantic/Realistic_Humanities 2
Jason Whitmarsh
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Undergraduate 2
10/17/2010

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lieder
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poetry set to piano music with a solo voice
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character pieces
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musical compositions that focus on the mood of a person or situation
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nocturnes
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a sort of serenade performed outside a loved one's window at night
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proletariat
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the working class
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bourgeoisie
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the merchant class
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lithography
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the process of printing from a plane surface (as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent
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Beethoven
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Composer whose music marks the transition from Classical to Romantic; became deaf during his life time; early compositions (First and Second symphonies) echoed Classical style while his later works (Third, Fifth, Ninth) were more Romantic ("heroic," and evoked feelings of struggle and triumph)
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Berlioz
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Romantic music composer who "wrote symphonies that were examples of program music that suggested sequences of images or instances"; known for his Symphonie Fantastique
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Chopin
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Composed mostly piano music; played for the wealthy; most famous champion of the nocturne; his Fantasie impromptu defines romanticism
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galvanism
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the stimulation of muscles through electrical current
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Frankenstein
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piece of Romantic literature called 'The Modern Prometheus' by Mary Shelley
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Goethe
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Writer who hated 'romanticism' but was responsible for the two greatest heroes of the romantic age, Werther and Faust; wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther, dealing w/ youthful passion and unrequited love, and Faust, about a man who makes a deal with the devil, driven to master the world
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Corot
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Romantic landscape painter who imposed perfect order in his landscapes rather than realistic grouping; he was a precursor for the Impressionist movement b/c of his shade effects and practice of painting outdoors; painted Ville d'Avray
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Goya
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Spanish painter who admired Napoleon early in his life, but grew to hate him; known to depict the evil of humanity; his art marks the transition from old tradition to social commentary in painting; famous paintings are The Third of May and Saturn Devouring One of His Sons
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Gericault
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Painter who was trained in the Neoclassical style; uses Neoclassical order in his paintings, but is a realist because of the way he critiques society by illustrating real-life events like in The Raft of the "Medusa"
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Delacroix
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French Romantic painter who believed that "the emotion of Romanticism should be achieved through intellectual analysis." Among his paintings are military scenes such as From the Massacre at Chios and Liberty Leading the People.
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Daumier
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One of the leading new realist artists; his political, satirical art appeared in newspapers by lithography; among his illustrations are Rue Transnonian and The Third-Class Carriage.
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Courbet
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Self-taught French realist painter whose goal was to 'create a living art.' He sought to paint the world as he saw it, without romanticizing or exaggerating; painted The Stonebreakers and A Burial at Ornans
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Interior of Tintern Abbey; J.M.W. Turner
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The Hay Wain; John Constable
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The Fall of Avalanche in the Grisons; J.M.W. Turner
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The Upper Falls of the Reichenbach; J.M.W. Turner
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Storm--Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth; J.M.W. Turner
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Ville d'Avray; Camille Corot
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The Third of May, 1808; Francisco Goya
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[image]
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Saturn Devouring One of His Sons; Francisco Goya
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[image]
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The Family of Charles IV; Francisco Goya
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The Raft of the "Medusa"; Theodore Gericault
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[image]
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From the Massacre at Chios; Eugene Delacroix
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Liberty Leading the People; Eugene Delacroix
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[image]
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Rue Transnonian; Honore Daumier
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[image]
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The Third-Class Carriage; Honore Daumier
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[image]
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The Stonebreakers; Gustave Courbet
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[image]
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A Burial at Ornans; Gustave Courbet
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