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Romanticism Explained through Paintings

The opening thumbnail shows Lake Geneva: a beautiful body of water surrounded by the sublime Swiss Alps. But it's also a place with a dark past. The torturous citadel in the mid-ground inspired Lord Byron's "Prisoner of Chillon" and the storms upon its water helped set the mood for both The Vampyre and Frankenstein. This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the Supernatural Love of Beauty ===================================================== Paintings in order of their appearance: "The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli "Lord Byron in Albanian Dress" by Phillips Thomas "Manfred and the Alpine Witch" by John Martin "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich ===================================================== Want to learn more about Romanticism? Check out the haunting story behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in The Lady and Her Monster: https://amzn.to/3aghYqE ==================================================== My favorite notebooks: https://fieldnotesbrand.com?aff=49 Use code OFEDU10 for 10% your order! Note, the above is an affiliate link. So, if you purchase a book through it, a small amount of money will go to this channel. Thank you for the support! ===================================================== Bookmarks, Editing help, and other great things:   / oxfordcomma