Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
mastodon.gamedev.place is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon server focused on game development and related topics.

Administered by:

Server stats:

5.1K
active users

mastodon.gamedev.place: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.8

#romanticism

1 post1 participant0 posts today
Public
Assoc for Scottish Literature

“William Shakespeare was a powerful influence on Robert Burns… I count as many as 16 references to Shakespeare’s plays in his poetry”

—Prof Gerard Carruthers on the links & commonalities between Burns & Shakespeare

theconversation.com/haggis-nee

The ConversationHaggis, neeps and soliloquys: the bonds that tie Robert Burns and Shakespeare
More from The Conversation UK
#Scottish#literature#poetry
Continued thread
Public
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung

People played roles. They didn't live them. Society was a masquerade & everyone knew it, though few dared to step out of character. This wasn't cynicism. It was realism in wigs & powdered faces.
Then came #Romanticism with its trembling need to assert the self, to bleed authenticity across canvases, forests, & diaries. A rebellion, but not a liberation. It was simply a new mask. The cult of the authentic soul. Instead of hiding behind etiquette & roles, now one hid behind a tortured self-image.

Continued thread
Public
Assoc for Scottish Literature

Byron’s poem ☝️ borrows from the Scottish song “The Jolly Beggar” – often attributed to King James V (who reputedly liked to disguise himself as “the Gudeman of Ballangeich” to enjoy amorous adventures)

From Cromek’s SELECT SCOTTISH SONGS (1810):

2/4

books.google.co.uk/books?id=wr

The Jolly Beggar Said to have been composed by King James, on a frolic of his own. (Footnote: This Prince (whose character Dr. Percy thinks for wit and libertinism bears a great resemblance to that of his gay successor Charles II, was noted for strolling about his dominions in disguise, and for his frequent gallantries with country girls. It is of the present ballad that Mr. Walpole has remarked, there is something very ludicrous in the young woman’s distress when she thought her first favours had been thrown away upon a beggar.) There was a jolly beggar, and a begging he was boun’, And he took up his quarters into a land’art town, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, Sae late into the night, And we’ll gang nae mair a roving, boys, Let the moon shine ne’er sae bright! He wad neither ly in barn, nor yet wad he in byre, But in ahint the ha’ door, or else afore the fire, And we’ll gang nae mair, &c. The beggar’s bed was made at e’en wi’ good clean straw and hay, And in ahint the ha’ door, and there the beggar lay. And we’ll gang nae mair, &c.
#Byron#LordByron#Scottish
Public
Charles Harper

Loch Coruisk in the Isle of Skye is one of the most spectacular and isolated places in the British Isles.  The head of this freshwater loch is surrounded on three sides by the imposing volcanic Black Cuillin while the southern end runs into a small rivulet, which then discharges into a sea loch, Loch Scavaig. As with much of the Highlands, once it would have been thickly wooded. Deforestation has left it all the bleaker.

Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)

“The foreground figures of cattle help establish the scale of this awe inspiring view over the remote Loch Coruisk. The Cuillin Mountains soar above the loch like gigantic waves.” In actual fact no livestock could ever have been placed there. It is a romanticised view from the 19th century.
#isleofskye#painting#romanticism
Public
Assoc for Scottish Literature

Approaches to Annotation: Insights & Challenges Editing Hogg & Woolf
15 May, University of Glasgow – free

Dr Megan Coyer & Dr Annie Strausa will reflect on two major textual editing projects. What are the different challenges faced by editors annotating modernist short fiction versus short fiction (& poetry) from a late Romantic-era periodical?

@litstudies

eventbrite.co.uk/e/approaches-

EventbriteApproaches to Annotation: Insights and Challenges Editing Hogg and Woolf1-3pm, Thursday 15th May 2025, Dr Megan Coyer and Dr Annie Strausa
#Scottish#literature#romanticism
Public
Dreamscapes
The Brave- mixed media collage print for sale - Some places blur the line between reality and dream—a landscape where time dissolves, and ancient spirits stir in the mist. Yellowstone National Park is such a place. Towering geysers, steaming vents, and the ever-shifting fog create an otherworldly realm, where nature’s raw energy takes center stage.

The Brave captures this ethereal beauty. A lone horse emerges through the swirling steam, its gaze meeting the viewer as if caught between two worlds—both ghostly and alive. This mixed media piece fuses photography, hand-painted textures, and layered compositions, evoking the profound mystery of Yellowstone’s geothermal wonderland.

More info: www.vaalnature.art

#horse #pferd #landscape #mixedmedia #collage #mystical #yellowstone #geyser #romanticism #romantik #landschaft #surreal #artforsale
Mystical mixed media collage made by Dutch artist Françoise Vaal, depicting a horse rising through the mist of Yellowstone ‘s geysers.
Closeup of a Mystical mixed media collage made by Dutch artist Françoise Vaal, depicting a horse rising through the mist of Yellowstone ‘s geysers.
Closeup of the Mystical mixed media collage made by Dutch artist Françoise Vaal, called ‘The Brave’ depicting a horse rising through the mist of Yellowstone ‘s geysers.
#artforsale
Public
Dreamscapes
FOREBEAR -This digital collage combines photos and monoprints, creating a magical atmosphere. In the background, the spirit of a bear appears, symbolizing strength and wisdom.⁠
⁠
The main photo was taken in the beautiful and rugged City of Rocks in New Mexico, where the natural shapes and structures continuously inspire me. 🌵⁠
In the entire "Hope" series, including "Forebear," I explore the inseparable connection between humans and nature.⁠

#natureart #landscape #mixedmedia #newmexico #artforsale #magicrealism #romanticism #cityofrocks #bear #spiritbear
Mixed media artwork made by Francoise Vaal, depicting a spirit bear on the horizon in a rocky environment
Detail of a leaf in the sky of a Mixed media artwork made by Francoise Vaal, depicting a spirit bear on the horizon in a rocky environment
Closeup of a bear in a Mixed media artwork made by Francoise Vaal, depicting a spirit bear on the horizon in a rocky environment
#spiritbear
Public
Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

"The Three Stones in the Giant Mountains," Carl Gustav Carus, 1826.

Carus (1789-1869) was many things...a doctor, naturalist, psychologist, author, physiologist...but it's his career as a painter I'll be touching on. He was a student of the great Romantic Caspar David Friedrich, whose influence can be seen here.

This is (or was) a real scene in the Giant Mountains (Reisengeberge) on the Polish/Czech border. Carus traveled there in 1820, probably on the recommendation of Friedrich, who took several walking tours there. Friedrich was famous for his paintings of ruined towers and cathedrals; Carus here uses the three rocks as his own Gothic towers, and it's an impressive sight. He gives the scene immense atmosphere while also depicting the scene with scientific clarity. These days, more folks are making a case for the Romantics as forerunners of the Enlightenment, and I can see that here.

Makes me want to climb a mountain...

From the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

A Romantic painting of a real-life scene in the Giant Mountains (Riesengeberge) that form the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. The viewer is shown a vast, sweeping landscape, as if they were standing on a mountaintop. In the foreground are some fallen trees and rocks, and a line of evergreens before a plateau. At the edge of the plateau stand three massive rock formations, like fangs or ruined towers. Beyond the rocks, the hazy mountain vista stretches into the distance.
#Art#CarlGustavCarus#Romanticism
ExploreLive feeds
About