Romantic hero

The idea of Romantic Evocation allowed individuals to express their interest in extreme states of Consciousness, and the awareness pf the incontrollable forces of nature, the mind and its behavior. One artist that incorporated the idea of consciousness into his works was John Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), who had established a name for himself as a romantic painter. Fuseli, The Nightmare, 1781, is an outstanding example of how artists…

their fullest capabilities. Many thinkers, writers, and pioneers of the romantic period such as Charles Darwin (Darwinism) and Georg Hegel (Dialectic), Napoleon (Individualism…

When it comes to art made from glass no one stands out more than Dale Chihuly. His art stands out for not only the dazzling design, but also for the aura that it emits. Several people have attempted to describe his work however few have succeeded in their endeavor. For this paper, I am going to look at Linda Norden’s description of Chihuly’s work, a video interview of Chihuly, as well as an article from Clement Greenberg for comparison. From these, one prominent writer, Linda Norden, evaluated…

Written on the slopes of Black Mountains in Wales, “Wales Visitation” readily captures the vastness and grandness of nature through enhanced lenses. Allen Ginsberg wrote the first draft of the poem under the influence of LSD, which contributes greatly to the unique imagery that persists throughout the entire poem. Ginsberg hones in on the details of the environment around him—rather than the minutiae of his psychedelic experience—with heightened senses and extreme focus. By concentrating on the…

Nothing Gold Can Stay is a poem by Robert Frost, commonly known from the feature in the famous novel and movie, The Outsiders. This text is very poetic and filled with heart and meaning. Nothing Gold Can Stay is all about the purity and innocence of childhood. From the first line in the poem, “Nature's first green is gold”, the representation of virtue and youth is very present. Following that line, Robert Frost tells us how difficult it is to hold onto that moral righteousness of youth. As such…

Music is an important activity in most people’s lives, so why not write about it? There are many themes prevalent throughout all of Walt Whitman’s poetry. Nature is a large theme, as is unity, music, and the soul. Walt Whitman even tries to connect all of these themes together at some point or another. Whitman’s unique ideology of unification allows his easy access to unify people, topics, and ideas. “Proud Music of the Storm” is a good example of Whitman’s works. In this poem, there are…

Pay attention to how the flowers sway back and forth as the wind dances through open fields, take note of the animals running about in their home. The sounds the birds make may be music to one’s ears, and the smell of nature may allow the feeling of relaxation to take over one’s body. With the sounds, smells, and sights of nature all around, in the moment of letting nature settle into the mind, everything in the world may become at peace. When a relationship is opened up with nature, one could…

William Carols Williams’ “The Dance”, written in 1944 close to the end of World War II, focuses mainly on the poetic statement of Ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is a poem and a painting working together for one common goal, to describe and complement each other. Ekphrasis poems are motivated by a work from another medium: a painting, a photograph, film or architecture. Williams focuses on the painting Kermess by Brueghel, for his poem “The Dance” which is based much before World War II almost in Medieval…

The poem I chose from chapter 4 Images is Sheila Wingfield’s “A Bird” (p. 119). The poem oddly brought back a memory from my childhood. What makes poetry so powerful is its capability to evoke senses like memories and emotions. Images is one of the many tools poetry uses to create a verbal picture. Something as simple as a description of a melted ice cream cone, can remind your favorite or saddest day in summer. The poem is only five lines but the choice of words creates great imagery:…

Pieces of work which involve the interplay of imagination and the human experience often are texts from the Romantic period. The Romantic period occurred from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries. It was a time of development in the arts and ways of thinking, with paradigms such as the imagination and placing an emphasis on the human experience and individuals leading both the creation and the content of many prolific pieces of work including Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelly, The Rime of…