Art History: BVA 312 (19th century European - Romanticism)
19th Century Art
Art during the 19th century appeals to me very much, especially the Romanticism. This movement began with literacy and music school (Beethoven, Chopin, Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt and more) with a form that delivers more of our inner emotion, later visual arts were influenced too. A good example of this is the friendship between composer and pianist Frederic Chopin and painter Eugene Delacroix. Romantic artists were concerned with the spectrum and intensity of human emotion.
Romantic music expressed the powerful drama of human emotion: anger and passion, but also quiet passages of pleasure and joy. So too, the French painter Eugene Delacroix and the Spanish artist Francisco Goya broke with the cool, cerebral idealism of David and Ingres' Neo-Classicism. It was more emotionally expressive. (Harris & Zucker, n.d.)
(Gurmaikl-Kaufmann, 2018 )
Aesthetics and subjectivity
There are many philosophers mentioned in the book, but there's one that appeals to me, Immanuel Kant. His name seems to pop up to me every time (plus there are many names on him too while reading some articles on the internet)
Immanuel Kant aims, in the light of Descartes's arguments about self-consciousness, to describe the shared structures of our subjective consciousness which are the 'condition of possibility' of objective knowledge, and he tries to do so without having recourse to a divinity who guarantees the order of the world. (pg2)
Hegel: the beginning of aesthetic theory and the end of art (Chapter 5)
Hegel's work on aesthetics has two main aspects. On the one hand, he produced the most influential systematic aesthetics of nineteenth century; on the other, he announced the 'end of art' as an expression of the 'absolute' in modernity. Hegel wants to make philosophy into the complete articulation of what he thinks is only incompletely expressed in art and religion, the preceding forms of 'absolute spirit'.
Subject to me explored:
Casper David Friedrich really inspired me to understand of into German's culture during the Romantic Period. The history, culture and all. It is unbelievable what Friedrich had been able to attain throughout his life in painting, aesthetically beautiful.
Another culture that attracts me is the Chinese Culture. Born as the fourth generation of Chinese-Malaysian, there is a sense of loss in culture within myself. I would be able to erase of origin identity as a Chinese, to be able to surpass this difficulites in understanding myself, i figure that it is best for me to understand the core origin of my culture, Chinese.
Working on with my essay:
I will focus my topic on Romanticism in the European country. The first artist model will be Casper David Friedrich. The other two will be in my pending list. Maybe Eugene Delacroix and William Blake.
Looking into this period will give me the accessibility to explore the society that forms the art in different countries. *although it is the same era different country express Romanticism in different ways. *Historical context on artist model, Country, Society, Believes, Dispute, etc etc.
Works Cited
Art during the 19th century appeals to me very much, especially the Romanticism. This movement began with literacy and music school (Beethoven, Chopin, Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt and more) with a form that delivers more of our inner emotion, later visual arts were influenced too. A good example of this is the friendship between composer and pianist Frederic Chopin and painter Eugene Delacroix. Romantic artists were concerned with the spectrum and intensity of human emotion.
Romantic music expressed the powerful drama of human emotion: anger and passion, but also quiet passages of pleasure and joy. So too, the French painter Eugene Delacroix and the Spanish artist Francisco Goya broke with the cool, cerebral idealism of David and Ingres' Neo-Classicism. It was more emotionally expressive. (Harris & Zucker, n.d.)
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| Eugene Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People. |
| Fransico Goya: Saturn Devouring one of his Sons. |
Romanticism
The artist that I would like to introduce is Casper David Friedrich, a German Romanticism. "It seems strange now but for a while the art world turned its back on the German painter Caspar David Friedrich. Aside from being cursed with the label of Hitler’s favourite artist, for much of the twentieth century the Impressionists, with their loose, painterly style, were held to be the fathers of modern art. Friedrich’s work in comparison was considered too meticulous, too precise, too finely detailed to warrant serious critical attention."
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| CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH, WANDERER ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG. |
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| CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH, THE MONK BY THE SEA, 1808-1810. FOUND IN THE COLLECTION OF THE STAATLICHE MUSEEN, BERLIN. |
21 facts about Casper David Friedrich (Sotheby)
9. The most radical achievement of Friedrich was his new approach to pure landscape imagery. The landscape became the protagonist rather than the human/s within it.
10. Friedrich followed in the footsteps of German Romantic writers and critics such as Novalis, the Schlegel brothers and Tieck, who brought a new emotive awareness to nature.
11. Like his contemporaries J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, Friedrich depicted nature as a divine creation that stands in opposition to the artifice of the man-made world.
10. Friedrich followed in the footsteps of German Romantic writers and critics such as Novalis, the Schlegel brothers and Tieck, who brought a new emotive awareness to nature.
11. Like his contemporaries J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, Friedrich depicted nature as a divine creation that stands in opposition to the artifice of the man-made world.
12. Friedrich famously once said “The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him.” In his eyes, contemplation of an emotional response to nature was of primary interest.
13. Friedrich has influenced many notable artists, including his contemporary Johan Christian Dahl, and the more modern Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko and Arnold Böcklin.
14. After wedding Caroline Bommer in 1818 (with whom he had three children), Friedrich’s paintings saw use of a brighter and less austere palette and conveyed a sense of levity. Frequency of human presence in these paintings also increased considerably during this period, which perhaps reveals the new importance of his personal life after starting a family.
14. After wedding Caroline Bommer in 1818 (with whom he had three children), Friedrich’s paintings saw use of a brighter and less austere palette and conveyed a sense of levity. Frequency of human presence in these paintings also increased considerably during this period, which perhaps reveals the new importance of his personal life after starting a family.
15. The Nazi party had used Friedrich’s work to promote their ideology, attempting to associate him with their nationalistic slogan Blut und Boden. This led to a decline in Friedrich’s popularity during the post-war period.
The Monk by the Sea
Friedrich's work tends to challenge the viewing aspect of his work, the relationship between the space, audience, subject matter. "The Monk by the Sea"
Aesthetics and subjectivity
There are many philosophers mentioned in the book, but there's one that appeals to me, Immanuel Kant. His name seems to pop up to me every time (plus there are many names on him too while reading some articles on the internet)
Immanuel Kant aims, in the light of Descartes's arguments about self-consciousness, to describe the shared structures of our subjective consciousness which are the 'condition of possibility' of objective knowledge, and he tries to do so without having recourse to a divinity who guarantees the order of the world. (pg2)
Hegel: the beginning of aesthetic theory and the end of art (Chapter 5)
Hegel's work on aesthetics has two main aspects. On the one hand, he produced the most influential systematic aesthetics of nineteenth century; on the other, he announced the 'end of art' as an expression of the 'absolute' in modernity. Hegel wants to make philosophy into the complete articulation of what he thinks is only incompletely expressed in art and religion, the preceding forms of 'absolute spirit'.
Subject to me explored:
Casper David Friedrich really inspired me to understand of into German's culture during the Romantic Period. The history, culture and all. It is unbelievable what Friedrich had been able to attain throughout his life in painting, aesthetically beautiful.
Another culture that attracts me is the Chinese Culture. Born as the fourth generation of Chinese-Malaysian, there is a sense of loss in culture within myself. I would be able to erase of origin identity as a Chinese, to be able to surpass this difficulites in understanding myself, i figure that it is best for me to understand the core origin of my culture, Chinese.
Working on with my essay:
I will focus my topic on Romanticism in the European country. The first artist model will be Casper David Friedrich. The other two will be in my pending list. Maybe Eugene Delacroix and William Blake.
Looking into this period will give me the accessibility to explore the society that forms the art in different countries. *although it is the same era different country express Romanticism in different ways. *Historical context on artist model, Country, Society, Believes, Dispute, etc etc.
Agenda :
Clarify what should be done to score high gardes in next essay.
-how this research benefit me in future (curatorship etc)
Works Cited
BOWIE, A. (2003). INTRODUCTION. In Aesthetics and subjectivity (pp. 1-15). Manchester; New York: Manchester University Press. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.sit.ac.nz:2096/stable/j.ctt155jcnj.4
Gurmaikl-Kaufmann, K. (2018 , November 21). 21 facts about casper david friedrich. Retrieved from sotheby's est 1744: https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-caspar-david-friedrich
Harris, B., & Zucker, S. (n.d.). A Beginner's Guide to Romanticism. Retrieved from Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history/becoming-modern/romanticism/romanticism-intro/a/a-beginners-guide-to-romanticism
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