Romanticism And The Enlightenment
The Romantic Movement, which contains main ideas of liberty and conservatism, begins at the end of eighteenth century, and this era lasts for half century (Perry et al. 2009, pp.520-521). Romanticism's relationship with the Enlightenment is like day and night, they seem to be the opposite of each other but they still have innumerable links. This essay will agree that Romantics' thoughts on painting and poetry.
Romanticism paintings have discriminable features such as strong emotions and free imagination, which is different from rigid paintings in the Enlightenment era. Painting, is expression of human emotions, imagination and inspiration, not consistent emotionless operation. Géricault, a Romantic painter, has chosen a unique and distinctive …show more content…
Poetry is a clear and concise way to show the concentrated essence of poet's work, and nature is usually the fountain that poets get inspiration from. Nature should be a constant theme of poem, but not truth that people have already found out, because nature is changeable and unpredictable, and it gives human surprises; but truth is invariable rule. In the Romantics' thought, poetry works as "...image of man and nature" (Wordsworth Preface ex. 1). Romantic poets like writing poems about nature and animals then connect it with human beings. In the poem The Tables Turned (Wordsworth Tables turned Ex.), natural objects and wide animals appear almost in every stanza. "Sun", "mountain", "long green fields", "woodland", "linnet", "vernal wood" and "leaves", 7 objects and animals are shown in a short poem (Wordsworth Tables turned Ex.). The poet is inspired by these amazing and wonderful creatures and objects in nature, nature is treasure to him, which is the right attitude that human beings should have towards nature -- respectful and yearning. Wordsworth also writes an sentence -- "[let] nature be your teacher" (Tables turned Ex.). Teacher is who teach people knowledge; lead people to discover new things; even help students to form their view of life. It delivers the idea that the Romantics put a high value on nature, which is not the same position that the Enlightenment thinkers take, because science and truth is what they put at the first
Romanticism paintings have discriminable features such as strong emotions and free imagination, which is different from rigid paintings in the Enlightenment era. Painting, is expression of human emotions, imagination and inspiration, not consistent emotionless operation. Géricault, a Romantic painter, has chosen a unique and distinctive …show more content…
Poetry is a clear and concise way to show the concentrated essence of poet's work, and nature is usually the fountain that poets get inspiration from. Nature should be a constant theme of poem, but not truth that people have already found out, because nature is changeable and unpredictable, and it gives human surprises; but truth is invariable rule. In the Romantics' thought, poetry works as "...image of man and nature" (Wordsworth Preface ex. 1). Romantic poets like writing poems about nature and animals then connect it with human beings. In the poem The Tables Turned (Wordsworth Tables turned Ex.), natural objects and wide animals appear almost in every stanza. "Sun", "mountain", "long green fields", "woodland", "linnet", "vernal wood" and "leaves", 7 objects and animals are shown in a short poem (Wordsworth Tables turned Ex.). The poet is inspired by these amazing and wonderful creatures and objects in nature, nature is treasure to him, which is the right attitude that human beings should have towards nature -- respectful and yearning. Wordsworth also writes an sentence -- "[let] nature be your teacher" (Tables turned Ex.). Teacher is who teach people knowledge; lead people to discover new things; even help students to form their view of life. It delivers the idea that the Romantics put a high value on nature, which is not the same position that the Enlightenment thinkers take, because science and truth is what they put at the first