Welcome back class! Of course we began class by grabbing our laptops and getting in our seats - the usual deal. Mr. Rivers pulled up a painting by Albert Bierstadt of Yosemite park in California. He talked about how this painted after a trip to America and how Bierstadt brought this back to Germany to show the beauty of the park. After that we talked in our groups briefly about romanticism in the picture before opening it up to the class. We talked about how the colors could be alluding to future inspiration - dark to light or light to dark- and how that represents romanticism. The water can represent calmness/ enlightenment in the picture and how things are not so obnoxious and clunky in the picture. The colors are relatively in the same color grid so it makes everything look particularly nice. Since most of us do not what Yosemite actually looks like, he showed us the real one and we - as a class- momentarily talked about the differences between the painting that shows romanticism and the photography that does but not as much. The actual photograph provokes new romantic feelings that one can interpret as their own.
Mr. Rivers then posted an assignment that asks us to analyze the 10 elements of romanticism in Rip Van Winkle by Diedrich Knickerbocker ( Actually Washington Irving). Also to write an alternate ending and what this shows about America. You and a partner ( or on your own) have time to do this in class but it’s not due today. Hopefully you got some progress done today!
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