CLASSICISM vs. ROMANTICISM

Neo-Classicism vs Romanticism Greek/Roman influence Emphasis on Society Age of Reason

Rationality Philosophy Deism

Euro-centric Cities Enlightenment

Science

Medieval/Oriental influence Emphasis on Individual Age of Passion

Emotion Imagination Spirituality

Interest in the Exotic Nature: pastoral and wild Revolution

Social Justice

NATURENeo-Classical Romantic

Universal Subject to human control Gardens Source of peace and

tranquillity Untamed nature:

dangerous/evil

Particular Beyond human control Mountains, oceans,

forests Source of inspiration

and spirituality Untamed nature:

exhilarating/sublime

Gainsborough, St James Park

Friedrich, Solitary Tree

LOVENeo-Classical Romantic

Universal Subject to human control Marriage

Social Contract Economic Contract Attraction between social

and intellectual equals Source of peace and

tranquillity

Particular Beyond human control Passion

Individual choice Search for soul-mate Forbidden attractions:

social, exotic, incestual Source of inspiration,

exhilaration and despair

Gaspar NetscherA Musical Evening

John Smibert, Bishop Berkeley and His Family

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at Sunrise

William BlakeThe 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