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German Romanticism: The Search for “A Quiet Place by Marsha Morton.

In the philosophy of art and culture in Germany during the 19th century, romanticism was the dominating movement. The Germany Romanticism Movement developed fast compared to its counterpart movement called Germany Classicism. However, the first romantics in Germany invented many ways in creating the synthesis of art and philosophy in the middle ages. There are many articles that have discussed the issue of Germany Romantic on. One of the articles in this class was written by Marshal Morton.

The author of this article tries to explain the behaviors of French when they were constructing barricades in the streets of Paris. It also describes how the Germans and the Paris people were actively participating in the building of the economy. The effect of Napoleon invasion was that there was a high desire for political and cultural self definition. This article also highlights the formation of the Romantic Movements in 1790s that played a role in attitudes and themes for visual artist. Thus, the author also explains how artists tried to uncover various traditions and beliefs that originated from the eras of Christianity. These artists were important to the society their knowledge on Romantics came about as a result of the mastery of facts and imagination as well revelation they got from the artwork. Romantic was a common term that originated in the 17th century and was common in the 18th century. The author describes the significant of Romanticizing and states that the world must be romanticizing. This was the common thing in Germany that every artist tried to reveal art and religion using the romantic artwork.

Marsha also describes the Germanys diversity and how their artists were attracted and interested in Landscape as others were interested in reproduction. There were many differences when it came to Romantic beliefs but these artists had common attitudes towards nationalism and the renewal of religion. The article also describes different images that were completed by a number of artists. These include Wilhelm Kolbe who portrayed images of women in vegetation and bathing girl. There are also images of Fredrick including women with spider’s web that presents images in innovative ways (Morton, 4). This article further characterizes the growing pursuit of a cultural identity as one of the solid and rallying points in the times of political upheaval. Marsha also explains the resistance of the Frenchmen by the values of enlightenment. Marsha indicates how the middle class people in Germany moves towards a mystical rather than using scientific approach. The article also explains how some of the artists favored romanticism while other artists did not value it and insisted that religion was more important (Morton, 4).

Marsha also explains how romanticism in this era pushed symbolism and allegory in the arts and nature as a link to divine. Another important part in this article is the mention about how the Germans started expressing their national themes including philosophers and theologians. Further, Marsha also includes the importance of Romantic art that included the spiritualized landscapes, medievalism and the images of religion as a sign of divine. However, romantic art in Germany differed due to varying interests of people. There were artists who focused on landscape and not on reproduction. The reason for shifting their interest to nature was for the reason of reveling religion. These differences also demonstrated the changes that took place in the generations (Morton, 11).

The thesis used by Marsha Morton is about French and Germany and the thesis for his article was that the knowledge to understand romantics was acquired through the mastery of facts. Therefore, Marsha tries to support his thesis by giving examples of romantic images that were created by different people. He also insists that people it was after imagination and revelation that these people were able to come up with the images. This meant that they only produced those images after understanding and having facts about romanticism that they were able to produce meaningful images. On the other hand, those artists who did not have facts and mastery of romantics shifted their interests to landscape. This is because they were not efficient in making romantic artworks.

In life, one must have an idea of something so as to be able to give right information. Therefore, I agree with the thesis the writer and I believe it is a must for one to have full knowledge and mastery of concepts for the information given to be precise. In addition, the fact that these people have a mastery when it comes to romanticism is the reason why there images are meaningful and in the content of romanticism. Example, the two romantic artists who had mastered information about romantic was David Fredrick and Kolbe. They are organized in their presentations in their romantic arts. In addition, the explanation of the author also indicates the importance of having facts and mastery of a subject before presenting their work. Therefore, after looking at the works presented by these artists, I accept the thesis of the author.

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Work Cited

Morton, Marshal. "Germany Romanticism: The Search for a Quite Place." Art In Institute oF Chicago Museum (2002): 9-18.