On Mondays I'm a calm and resigned stoic. On Tuesdays I'm a busy capitalist. On Wednesdays I'm a coldly practical Darwinist. On Thursdays I'm a wound up nationalist. On Fridays I'm an energized anarchist. On weekends I'm a passionate, euphoric romantic. I am never bored with life.

@dloyfwaymeather977

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@MarcelinoDeseo

8 жыл бұрын

Taking the best sides or every view!

@fauzanahladzikri

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty good point

@billy-joes6851

7 жыл бұрын

Ninja Rider Monday party Tuesday party Wednesday Party Thursday Party Friday Party it's a "Sak Noel" song .

@kaitlyn6868

6 жыл бұрын

same but friday I'm in love

For a long time, I thought of romance as feelings of love. But now that I’ve watched this, romance associates with expression, sentiment and elements of nature. Music in this era has heartwarming melodies. Poems and writings express their expressive sentiments, and art makes use of the artists use of nature and emotion to make romance yet one of the best art and literature movements.

@Hecateofcrossroads

2 жыл бұрын

Yep the poems have so much symbolism

@georgiaquest7959

19 күн бұрын

Nooo romance and the Romantics with a capital R - are completely different things 😭

Romanticism is swimming in an ocean of feels; where the intensities of sadness and madness are so real, they feel as real as the breaking waves and pulling tides. By all means, swim in the ocean; but don't attempt to live in it.

@daveyrobinson3779

7 жыл бұрын

How blind must you be to think that the only emotions a person who own theirs feels only misery? When you don't own your emotions, you become a slave to them, if you're drowning in emotion every time you feel, that's a problem you are facing. And it sounds to me like you've been hiding from your emotions, pushing them down, denying them and judging them, that only makes them stronger. They are trying to tell you something, instead of denying them, give your focus to them.

@DenzilBoydJr

6 жыл бұрын

One does not simply own emotions...

@abcdabcdef1397

4 жыл бұрын

Suchego przestwór oceanu xDDD

@yj.l7934

4 жыл бұрын

@@daveyrobinson3779 👏

@gaminwatch8203

3 жыл бұрын

@@daveyrobinson3779 There is a difference between owning your emotions and letting them completely control you. Look at that book with the lover who liked the girl: yeah its good to love, but he let his love and sadness take not only the better of him, but his life as well.

"A sensitive, doomed person - often an artist - rejected by a cruel, vulgar world"... ;(

@hooranoo5349

4 жыл бұрын

@@AITube4 it's not about feeling sorry for artist ....you are not an artist that's why you are saying this... Because of the insensitive people like you sensitive people feel sorry for there self... 😕

@lozcast7924

3 жыл бұрын

aka victim card

@oz7081

3 жыл бұрын

felt that 😉

@DaviSilva-oc7iv

3 жыл бұрын

The worst of all is that indeed hypersensitive people have a more artistic genius.

@sreebuszeebus1343

3 жыл бұрын

Hitler’s story?

*_"Classicism is health, romanticism is disease."_* - Goethe Fascinating irony considering his romance novel ignited western cultures love affair with romanticism.

@joshuamark9316

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. When Schubert created the Romantic accompaniment piece for Goethe's Erlkönig, Goethe actually really didnt like it. It's crazy how many romanticist composers were inspired by a man so opposed to the movement.

@BigBoss-ti2xm

2 жыл бұрын

Classicism is more related to baroque and religionism, that's why classicism is easy to manipulated as a propaganda, so do the romanticism is born

@gauravsharma9655

Жыл бұрын

Being laid down with a disease is sometimes more preferable than being in a state of health.

@user-yv8fl3pn9i

8 ай бұрын

Written by whoo !!!

Excellent video, in every aspect, but I do have disagree with one thing: 06:44 - "Romantics don't believe in God." Rousseau in fact, may, in some way, be viewed to have invented a wholly new way of believing in God - a completely emotional one. He writes in one of his letters that sometimes in dark night he doubts there is a God, but as soon he sees the beautiful sunrise his faith returns to him. This is a complete, 180 turn from the view that the existence of God must be based on arguments, something which is apparent in Aquinas and Descartes. I myself do not accept this view (and neither romanticism), but it is to be mentioned that a true romantic is likely to believe (or disbelieve) in God simply from strength of his emotions.

@AutomatedAudio

8 жыл бұрын

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@johnmiller2132

8 жыл бұрын

+Nika Zardiashvili Yeah, I'm a Christian and I was watching this like, 'yeah that's totally me', then it said 'Romantics don't believe in God.' So what, I can't be in the club now?

@MakeMeThinkAgain

8 жыл бұрын

I was surprised by that bit about God as well. Perhaps this is referring to the difference between a more traditional conception of God and an almost pantheist view of God as being present in everything. Or at least everything natural. It's hard to imagine a true Romantic believing in the Old Testament God or Calvin's God, but I do see them sharing the views of some of the more touch-feely cults of the 19th century.

@bbyjcky1

7 жыл бұрын

Well they were more influenced by the Enlightenment period, this era was fueled by that. . .

@MakeMeThinkAgain

7 жыл бұрын

I just remembered that the Goethe of the final section of "Faust" did seem to be a believer. One can't generalize too much.

I think you guys missed a trick with this one, romantic music is one of the defining aspects of the movement. The composers of the time wrote huge amounts about what their art meant to them, and I find it strange to talk about Romanticism without Beethoven, or german Lieder through Schubert. Even Wagner was after the sublime through his opera, though I know he's associated with the nationalistic aspects of Romanticism. Also I'll mention for anyone interested in the topic: ETA Hoffman, Sturm und Drang, Schiller, Heine, Schumann, Lizst, Innigkeit, and Organicism (Beethoven Symphony no.5 being a good example). From your friendly neighbourhood music student.

@GM-yb5yg

4 жыл бұрын

Old comment but have to. German composers are ovverated, yes it's true. Swiss, german and Austrian composers were glorified mediocrity

The 3D effect Thomas Cole "slideshow" is fantastic. Well done to your graphics person!

How could you skip the music and composers such as Frederic Chopin?

@sleepyeyeguy

9 жыл бұрын

***** Nine Inch Nails!

@diezpiedrasnegras1703

9 жыл бұрын

***** But you left out Wagner, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler...

@diezpiedrasnegras1703

9 жыл бұрын

They could have mentioned one or two!

@FingersKungfu

9 жыл бұрын

Mateusz Mościcki Well, this is a video about history of "idea." Music is more about emotion, ambient of an era.

@dorphmusiker3715

5 жыл бұрын

@@FingersKungfu Well, it _became_ about emotion in romanticism. Earlier it was more language-like...

This video makes romantic ideas look like a senseless fool's paradise while actually it was one of the most glorious periods for Literature , Arts and Aesthetics; romantic ideals are what makes humans out of flesh machines and compell us to reconsider perhaps the most vital need - a fulfilled existence.

I've become disillusioned with rationality lately. As the comments section of any youtube video prove, people of two opposing viewpoints can argue through highly rationalized claims, just to end up going no where. One might as well let the whims of emotion and personal taste govern everything, because people already use rationality and logic to justify those kinds of viewpoints. If I don't like something, I'll simply find ways to argue against it.

@snowfrosty1

9 жыл бұрын

Oneself has become disillusioned as well, just focusing on living a simple life and not think too much but "be". An overstimulated mind isn't beneficial.........

@snowfrosty1

8 жыл бұрын

" One might as well let the whims of emotion and personal taste govern everything, because people already use rationality and logic to justify those kinds of viewpoints. " fits all leftists, SJWs, feminists, "progressives", "liberals" and their ilk to the T. Interesting times we are living in and interesting times ahead that's for sure..................

@PinkLederhosen

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Moberg It is so nice to see someone say this. Rationality is worshiped when it shouldn't be. Einstein said logic will take you from a to b. But imagination will take you anywhere.

@abdulrahmanwagih

5 жыл бұрын

Rationality can go anywhere from being very subjective, to logical ordinary objective opinions. And people here on KZread have been using "logic", I mean THEIR logic of course, to justify their emotionally approached viewpoints. In which case, that kind of "rationality" is not at all logic, logic mustn't be broken down to one's way of experiencing life (emotionally), but rather objective logic and reason that everyone agrees upon.

@ifeanyiokonkwo7130

5 жыл бұрын

@@snowfrosty1 what are you even talking about ? Right wingers go into emotional chaos at the mention of the phrase "gay rights" and yet you say all leftists are emotional babies who cannot handle debate ? LOL

This is a perfect introduction to the idea of Romanticism for my 12 grade English students. Short, to the point, and visually entertaining. Plus it makes connections to today's artists. Something I was telling them before I found your video. I am adding it to my bag of trick.

Who had to watch this for class? and now has an assignment but knows absolutely nothing?

@lara_8181

3 жыл бұрын

Watching it right now for class

@joaquincrespo4201

3 жыл бұрын

lol 2 years later and I'm watching it for class

@DivineAMV

3 жыл бұрын

@@joaquincrespo4201 glad I’m graduated haha good luck

@dude2410

2 жыл бұрын

@@DivineAMV Lol I'm gonna get tested in school for this shit

@merveceylan5008

2 жыл бұрын

@@DivineAMV lol i am watching this for my class about novalis hymnes to the night and i still have no idea

Your videos are so informative and straight to the point. I recall my high school teachers wondering off on tangents and not really explaining the premise of such eras in time, how they spread, their significance etc, but you do this wonderfully!

8:32 I wanted to be a doctor but there was no way I could watch videos like this or read a book for enjoyment under the stress if intense academia. My job now allows me to a make a living (enough to support myself) and in return I can be a flaneur. I love it.

@TheCoffeeNut711

7 жыл бұрын

***** contract killer.

@lailajamilasmith

7 жыл бұрын

Pray tell us what job you have! I'm sure I speak not only for myself when I say such information will be useful for deciding what I want to do.

When I watch their videos. I feel like I am in a completely different world. The mix of their direction and narration is something I have never ever seen. It feels so profound.

This channel is so inspiring! I feel like it it can seriously help bring about a new era for humanity!

@YuyiLeal

8 жыл бұрын

Me too! I know it is totally possible, because your ideas resonate deeply within most of us, as we collectively long for a better and more beautiful world, where people are kinder and wiser...I was wondering, would you like to come to the University of Toronto to promote your ideas? I personally know a prominent professor who would be able to arrange for The School of Life to come and speak to the students or even the public...living in this big city, I know we are in desperate need of your wonderful ideas!

@7WorldUp

8 жыл бұрын

+Yuyi Leal yeah sure cause of 200000 people watching it

@mattfilmnoir

8 жыл бұрын

+Popovic Tütelütü its nearly 1,000,000 sub'd now jag-off

@MrHarsh3600

5 жыл бұрын

No.

@BadAssMacmillan

4 жыл бұрын

@@MaxArturo True.

02:16 "Da fuck did I just read...?!" :-D

@DuskAndHerEmbrace13

9 жыл бұрын

***** I've seen a few memes using those portraits

This channel is wonderful! I miss classes on philosophy, litterature, etc... I chose the scientific route (physics engineering) but I always had love for culture in general. Thank you for filling that gap in my soul! Culture is perspective and perspective leads to a better self in a world you will change.

I am currently reading Richard Sennett's recent "Building and Dwelling" for uni. When he starts praising walking as a noble act, I had to go back to this video. I love it so much that I get goosebumps. Thank you so much, School of life!

I do not have words as of now, for how motivated i am feeling after watching this video... thanks @The School Of Life Will for sure reach back to you guys one day...

I'm a full time, professional, flaneur!

@johnmiller2132

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperiorSeven Professional? Who pays you?

@lucasbautista4705

8 жыл бұрын

+John Miller his daddy, maybe.

I'm absolutely fascinated by this movement ! In Shelley's Frankenstein I was deeply touched by the sensitivity the emerged from the text and how beautifully the emotions were written, I had no idea there was a whole movement linked to it, I can't wait to discover more ! On a side note : idk if you're French speaking but your French pronunciation is excellent, it's quite refreshing as the language tends to be butchered by English speakers (no offense I just feel like generally speaking not a lot of people even bother to try to pronounce things correctly in French)

This video brought me so much Joy. What an amazing video on just how important for all of us to have some romantic beliefs if we want to live in a beautiful world

So what it was like 17 century emo movement? My bad, 18 century.

@tikalthewhimsicott2736

5 жыл бұрын

sqprxs tru tbh

@childericking

5 жыл бұрын

18th

@NassimSYD

5 жыл бұрын

@@childericking Gothic?

@childericking

5 жыл бұрын

@@NassimSYD They were the original "Goths", not counting the germanic tribe.

@lancelotray

5 жыл бұрын

so imagine a society of SJW ideaology in the future, 300 years from now..

I think this is the best video of The School of life since they started producing videos. Thanks for that! Cheers

Thank you for the work that goes into these videos! For the uninitiated, they're an engaging and informative resource. I appreciate how there's always a suggestion or message about how each way of thinking can be applied to modern day life.

This is a wonderful piece of culture and lecture. Not only is it well informed and packaged in a way that is convenient and comprehensive, it also adds quite a bit of extra pieces that go above and beyond to demonstrate the ideals and impact that are harbored within Romanticism. Especially, the voicing and pronunciation of the writers and their respective cities proves to be a phenomenal addition to the piece, elevating it--at least in my mind--to a much greater degree of excellence than it otherwise would have settled. Very well done

I love the School of Life videos. Beautifully narrated and illustrated. Brilliant

I can’t believe I’m just now finding this video but thank you for this. So well done.

Excellent overview...with one glaring omission: Robert Burns, Scotland’s bard- his “To a Mouse” is quintessential to the Romantic sensibility. This is a fundamental contribution (among many!) from Burns.

In terms of animation, this is your best video yet.

I have never seen this beautiful video on Romantic Period. Loved your presentation sir. Namaste from Nepal.

One of my favorite periods ! I loved recognizing all those paintings and the way you played with them , good job on the editing :)

I'm currently writing a report on Romanticism and this is going to help a great deal. Thank you!

One of the greatest videos you guys have made (don't know how accurate it is, but I sure learned something).

A painting in this video, Cavalry by Jan Brueghel, I saw a few weeks ago, quite vivid & emotive.

who else is here because they've been assigned a project?

@keyuntaeehill4488

7 жыл бұрын

me lol i have british Romanticism

@afsiee7405

7 жыл бұрын

Me and I'm still confused.

@socraticproblem86

7 жыл бұрын

I was assigned that project in 2005. I'm still trying to figure it out.

@sawyerseth9832

7 жыл бұрын

whattt??? noooo, what are you accusing me of?

@lailajamilasmith

7 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Man!!! These videos are really good. My lecture made us watch this video, when explaining about romanticism. I must say, I never expected this kind of quality content on KZread. Good job!! I'm really amused by the the work.

This is perfect! I'm teaching romanticism now and this video hits all the topics and tropes I refer to! Thanks Alain! You are swell!

@bbbassoon

9 жыл бұрын

Alain de Botton I love love love your work!

@hayleyadouglas4706

5 жыл бұрын

Whatever you do, don't exclude Percy Bysshe Shelley!!

@TINMITY

3 жыл бұрын

@@cto111_ rude

the way the narrator narrated this video is also Romanticism . am your fan already...🌱

Despite of the bad things, I really like romanticism era the most, just because how the people take their feelings so seriously and express it in the best way. How they admire love and nature, and even the naivety seems sweeter than the coldness of modernism. I just think people need to step back for a moment and look up to this period time just to learn and take a lil bit example on how to be in touch with our heart.

This guy is brilliant! I love everything that he does. And that pronunciation too! The school of Life is a wonderful invention. Brilliant!

I've learnt more watching your videos over the last few weeks than I learnt my entire time in school.

The voice sounds so attractive. It's like staring at a beautiful landscape and you can't keep your eyes off of it. Love the videos!

This was a great video and really helped me better understand the some of the subject matter of a book I'm currently reading on Romantic English poetry!

The editing and visuals in this video is glorious!

Very helpful. I used this in my Music Appreciation class to help students understand the attitudes of the era.

Alain, if this was a restaurant I'd like to give my compliments to the video editor! (Haha) for designing the visualization for the flow of your dialogue smoothly and creatively. Keep on making these and I beg that you never stop doing these great videos :)

This came at a great time while I started reading Notes from the Underground and just got to the part where he talks about romanticism coming into russia. You guys should consider actually doing videos about great books like that and giving an analysis. Nice video

I love love love this! Great work. If only history class could be anything like this!

This video has superb production values from the get-go. A labour of love with all the graphic embellishments that didn’t have to be as great as they are to tell the story. Bravo!

Romanticism is so lovely! For some time, I've wanted to reintegrate my inner-child, I've really lost touch with it. I also believe civilization today may be responsible for some of my inner turmoil. Maybe it's not the villain William Wordsworth seemingly makes it out to be though. Just as the worst parts of civilization can perhaps be softened by the best parts of Romanticism, perhaps the best parts of civilization can soften the worst parts of Romanticism. Maybe an acceptable aim is the perfect marriage between man and nature.

An age of Maturity! Gosh, lets hope. I love this video, you used some of my most favourite paintings ever, it was beautiful.

"An age of maturity" - loved it!

This channel is seriously gold.

Love this, but I'm not sure about an age of maturity. That doesn't sound romantic enough! Professional flaneurs sounds better.

@alixleviosa

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris ! If you like '' professional flaneurs '' I suggest you read Rimbaud, especially one of his poem called Sensation...

@wolfgaenger

9 жыл бұрын

Absolutamente!!! :-)

@milascave2

9 жыл бұрын

Alix Véjux Rimbaud, more or less the founder of the "Decadent" movement. The decadents were in some ways the opposite of the romantics, because they claimed that the artificial is more beautiful than the natural. Yet they were the same in championing the irrational over the rational. Some people have used the term "the dark romantics" to speak of the part of the movement that was obsessed with monsters from the unconscious, demons, vampires, etc.(Romantic poet Shelly was the husband of Mary Shelly who wrote "Frankentein." I can see now that much of this romanticism and dark romanticism influenced Foucault, to.

@jpdu27faitddrift26

6 жыл бұрын

I'm french guys lmao I'm just going to die without ending that project

@kittlesbb

6 жыл бұрын

i was not expecting to see you here while trying to do a last minute art history assignment

The animation in this video was gorgeous! :)

Wow, what a brilliant dialog between modernity and Romanticism!

This is such a concise, well made, and quality video. Really helped with my art assignment! Thank You.

This video was, hands down, the BEST romantic period video!! Thank you! I'm using this for my lesson tomorrow!

I'm going to write an essay on Romantic Drama and this has helped me a lot to get a good overview of the time period and its impact. Thank you for this. I'm now going to watch the video about Jane Austen, on of my favourite writers of all time x

One of your best videos Alain. Superb summary of crucial points in the romantic movement presented in a video that can be artistically appreciated even independently of the content. Bravo! :)

Wonderfully helpful video - a number of our tutors use this for their lessons. Concise and well presented. Excellent work!

This was the shift Wordsworth registered when in the Preface he located the source of a poem not in outer nature but in the psychology of the individual poet, and specified that the essential materials of a poem were not the external people and events it represented but the inner feelings of the author, or external objects only after these have been transformed by the author's feelings. Norton Anthology Volume D Romantic period page 9!!!!!!!!

I just realized that this is what I am!

@Antistar211

9 жыл бұрын

Yonas Campbell Live it!

@doctornov7

9 жыл бұрын

Antistar211 Yeah man, now I know that I am not alone in my preference of nature than cities, I can really feel at peace and I can now fully embrace myself for who I am and what I want out of life! Are you a romantic?

@Antistar211

9 жыл бұрын

Yonas Campbell Don't think I would call myself one. I do prefer the natural environment instead of cities.

@doctornov7

9 жыл бұрын

Antistar211 Oh cool, well whatever you have chosen to do in your life, make sure you are doing it for the right reasons, and I wish you all the best!

@Antistar211

9 жыл бұрын

Yonas Campbell Same to you:)

Learned so much. I'm reading about Samuel Palmer, the British Romantic Artist who extolled The Ancients. Thanks.

The voice of the narrator and the speed are perfect!

Excellent work guys!

So beautifully made! Keep up the good work.

I am soooo glad I found this channel

Thanks for making this! Makes life so much easier!

These visuals are killer.

very very beautifully made animation guys!

Dear Mister De Botton , I am a musician and I am a great fan of your channel. I would like to ask you if maybe one day you would make videos also about classical composers. What you do is truly wonderful! I.G

I love The School of Life. You guys rock!

Wonderful. Inspiring and beautifully illustrated.

Great job on the visuals!

This really deserves a part two. So many things to tell about Romanticism, especially its link with if the rise of Nationalism in Europe, the best examples are Verdi or Wagner.

This video helped no end with my studies of photography and the link of photography to romanticism. Thanks.

School Of Life, please do one of History Of Ideas - Modernism!

1813 was a significant year for the romantic movement, as the more classical based British Poet Laureate Henry Pye ( 1745 - 1813 ) died and the then most popular English Lakeland poet Robert Southey ( 1774 - 1843 ), a true romantic poet became British Poet Laureate, so British romanticism it can be said was officially public then. Also the great opera composers, Wagner in Germany ( 1813 - 1883 ) and Verdi in Italy ( 1813 - 1901 ) were born in 1813, so that year became hugely significant in romantic musical history!

This channel is absolutely amazing

wow i learn more about history and the grand ideas of life on this channel than i ever did in school!

Romanticism want us to be move backward to our childhood mindset but then it remind me of Kierkegaard "life can understand backward but it must be live forward"

Very well done, albeit sketchy. Would have included more on the art of Caspar David Friedrich (besides one brief glimpse), Turner, the French Symbolists, the Pre-Rafaelites, Gothic literature (Poe, et al.) and the revival of metaphysical studies (paganism, occultism, etc.).

I love the visuals and animations.

U helped me A LOT in doing my presentation in class tomorrow. Ur videos are amazing Keep it up and God bless!

Thomas Chatterton is my ancestor (Great great so on so on Uncle), he never really gets mentioned.

"most of them didn't believe in God" lmao no

This is I feel a crucial thing to reflect on right now. We are as a civilization emerging from our modern puberty.

this is one of your best videos! love it.

I like both the content and the style of your vids.

***** I loved your documentary! It's very well made and explained thank you so much! Could you just help me with the authors and artists you mention, please? English is not my first language so I have some difficulties listening to names.... I'll be so grateful if you can spell their names for me! Greetings from Bolivia! And congratulations. You do a terrific job!

This is wonderful and very helpful. Lucidly described! Thank you very much, you're doing a great job! :D

Wonderfully written and narrated, and dynamite visually - really informative and entertaining. Keep it up - I have a lot of history to catch up on!

Where you said romantics don't believe in God, I have to disagree the love of purity in nature is in part what lead me to God. Also that map part was really cool and added greatly to the overall video production.

So romanticism is the middle-age crisis of human history? Joke aside, romanticism and renaissance are my favourite eras. Also, NO VICTOR HUGO? He's a romantic as far as I know, but still I'm not sure. His characters are outsiders, rebels and have the feels, but he likes being practical too and is involved with politics.

@mihael2800

4 жыл бұрын

Victor Hugo is a realist.

What an artistic way to outline the most important aspects of Romanticism! Just one remark, Goethe's Werther is not romantic but (at least in German literature) it's considered to adhere to the "Sturm und Drang", a movement which also opposed many aspects of enlightenment but was more political, radical and energetic than Romanticism.

since when I have come to know about you, Alain and your works,,, cann't stop but loving your wishdom and the produced works. Keep on making us witty ...