1. I prefer Turner's artwork, as opposed to Constable. Turner's landscapes are all together much more colorful, which makes them very fascinating to look at. Also, Turner's landscape paintings differ, unlike Constable, who ultimately created works of art that had a common theme. Turner's landscapes were of many different places, each telling a different story.
2. Napoleon during his time, was seen as a heroic figure, one who was a valiant leader, fought for freedom, and equal rights. However now looking back, we see him as a tyrant. Napoleon is a paradoxical figure because it is logically a mystery as to how he became, at best, a fallen hero.
3. The ideal Romantic Hero is one who rejects established norms/conventions. Generally, this is a person who has been rejected by society and considers himself the center of his existence. Hegel's dialect can be described as a system of logic, proceeding from thesis to antithesis to synthesis. Hegel's “Great Man Theory” is a theory which says that history can be explained by the impact great men have had throughout history. Some flaws of this theory include the fact that history is simply not entirely “great”. Believing that we can be educated by merely ignoring the bad is incorrect. In order to learn from history, we need to learn the good, and the bad. Which ultimately means history is largely explained through bad men, as well as good men. You cannot have one without the other. …show more content…
Francisco Goya was a romantic painter. Napoleon led the French army into Spain, which seems to have greatly influenced Goya's work at the time. Many of his paintings seemed to suggest he feared the fate of his country, as well as his own mental
2. Napoleon during his time, was seen as a heroic figure, one who was a valiant leader, fought for freedom, and equal rights. However now looking back, we see him as a tyrant. Napoleon is a paradoxical figure because it is logically a mystery as to how he became, at best, a fallen hero.
3. The ideal Romantic Hero is one who rejects established norms/conventions. Generally, this is a person who has been rejected by society and considers himself the center of his existence. Hegel's dialect can be described as a system of logic, proceeding from thesis to antithesis to synthesis. Hegel's “Great Man Theory” is a theory which says that history can be explained by the impact great men have had throughout history. Some flaws of this theory include the fact that history is simply not entirely “great”. Believing that we can be educated by merely ignoring the bad is incorrect. In order to learn from history, we need to learn the good, and the bad. Which ultimately means history is largely explained through bad men, as well as good men. You cannot have one without the other. …show more content…
Francisco Goya was a romantic painter. Napoleon led the French army into Spain, which seems to have greatly influenced Goya's work at the time. Many of his paintings seemed to suggest he feared the fate of his country, as well as his own mental