Summary
Bazarov, K. "Romanticism." Art
and Artist. vol 10 (Aug, 1975):
32-41.
ART 705 AR7396 Summary by Agatha
Feltus
In this article, which is based upon
the differences between Romantic
and Classical art (as opposed to
music or literature), Bazarov analyzes
several points having to do with
the concept of Romanticism. The
first argument he makes is that,
even though Classicism and Romanticism
are opposed to each other, they are
very interdependent, being both overlapping
and complementary. The second theory
he proposes is that the Romantic
movement, like the Renaissance and
the Scientific Revolution, was a
vast transformation of ideas and
modes of thought, and that to think
of it as only a sense of style is
an oversimplification of the movement.
Art reflected this transformation
by changing the views of nature and
human nature. Thirdly, Bazarov examines
the relationships and paradoxes within
Romanticism--how it is both a collective
and highly individualistic movement,
and how Romanticism sought to bring
form out of chaos through the use
of imagination. Fourthly, he investigates
how Goethe, one of the great Classicists,
influenced Romantic thought by seeing
Nature as an organism, savage and
uncontrollable. Finally, Bazarov
looks at the relationship between
art and science, believing both to
be expressions of the plasticity
of the mind.
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Jesse D. Hurlbut--Last Updated Novermber 5, 1993