Romantic Movement in German Arts

Members on Fine Arts as an entirety

John Beuning

Joe Albers

Mari Navarro

Romanticism in the German arts of the 19th Century was very prevalent and can be seen in many different medias of work from the era.

1. What is Romanticism?

• Romanticism is a classification of a large medium of art which mostly occurred in the late 1700's and into the mid 1800's.  Romanticism put much emphasis on the individual, as well as being some of the first art to be spontaneous or even irrational.  It was known as the bracing of the unknown.

1. Progression of Romanticism through the Arts

• It began in literature, there was great increase in poetry and short stories that focused on the individual and not the society.  This was prevalent in both poetry and in literature.  In literature the writings were wrote the focused on the individual as a hero or having interest in social causes.
• In poetry the word "melancholy" was used to describe much of the work from that era.  Much poetry at the time began to become more irrational and harder to get a grasp of.  A fair amount of poetry from the era was being based on mythology and the writers took this to a whole new dimension.
• Medium art also than followed in this path.  The artist's use of colors began to vary in pieces of art.  They began to use the colors very liberally and for the time this was a very odd approach in colors since in all the previous painting the color was very traditional and could be seen as realism.

1. Examples of Romantic Artist's works

Another Day

Friedrich Holderlin

Another day. I follow another path,

Enter the leafing woodland, visit the spring

Or the rocks where the roses bloom

Or search from a look-out, but nowhere

Love are you to be seen in the light of day

And down the wind go the words of our once so

Beneficent conversation...

Your beloved face has gone beyond my sight,

The music of your life is dying away

Beyond my hearing and all the songs

That worked a miracle of peace once on

• This was written by the poet Friedrich Holderlin as is considered one of the most prominent in the german transition into Romanticism.  HIs poetry was said to inspire many composers of the time.  This also influenced the composers to begin this new style of art in their own respective medium.

1. Composers in the Transition to Romanticism

• Composers of the time were also in the transition to this new style.  In this media it was said that it takes the emotions of the composer and puts it into beautiful symphonies.  Like in poetry much of the composed works are said to be melancholy and of a darker aura than was the considered early normal if the time.  The most famous of the time  is also one of the most famous composers, or at least his work, today.  This composer is Beethoven.  
• In Beethoven's works it was said that it projected his suffering into his work and this mainly why his work is still so prevalent today.  

1. The transition that started in Germany as the Romantic era shift changed art in all medias to the current.  In all medias of art this techniques and developments made at the time changed the way all fine arts were made ever since.  Almost all artists of the current era say that they throw themselves into the work and that is why all pieces are considered masterpieces.