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This presentation delves into the intersections of Romanticism and Transcendentalism, exploring true beauty and nature's spirituality. It examines key works, such as William Blake's "The Tyger," Brahms' "Cradle Song," and Thoreau's writings, alongside powerful figures like Harriet Tubman and Frida Kahlo. Through the lens of art, music, and literature, this exploration reflects themes of feminism, industrialism, and abolitionism, celebrating the pursuit of equality and the preservation of nature's wildness. Experience a journey of profound insights and creativity.
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Philosophy Presentation By Jack Douglas
Romanticism True Beauty
Johannes Brahms Cradle Song • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREtP6YRMR8
Frederic Chopin: Mazurkas Op. 59: In F Sharp Minor • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71E76WaqPE
Transcendentalism “I loafe and invite my soul” -Walt Whitman
Walking – Henry David Thoreau • “In wildness is the preservation of the world” • “I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil - to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society”
Franz Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 in a flat • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hdDOFtW64
Feminism Equality between men and women in all aspects.
Industrialism The furthering of technology and industry
Abolitionism The elimination of slavery
Works Cited • http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/tyger.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREtP6YRMR8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71E76WaqPE • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Hunt_-_Niagara_Falls.jpg • Henry David Thoreau, Walking • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hdDOFtW64 • http://www.joelpeckham.com/cole10.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Frida_Kahlo_(self_portrait).jpg/200px-Frida_Kahlo_(self_portrait).jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller • http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/files/images/HD_brownJtopics.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman