Unit II   The Liberal City, 1830-48

Day One to Three: 1830- 1848-  Revolution, Reform and Reaction in London, Paris and Vienna

What are the forces opposing monarchy from 1830-1848? Do they succeed or fail? Why?

We will discuss each city for one class. Day One- London; Day Two Paris; Day Three Vienna. Each city group should be prepared to summarize the readings for their city and answer the question above, using one of the primary source documents ( Catholic Emancipation Bill, Reform Act, Corn Laws, Fourier, July Monarchy, Guizot, Revolution of 1848, Metternich, Kossuth) below. Please prepare with your group to teach the class, helping your peers to answer the daily question above, using the ids and texts below. Please see the student teaching tutorial for guidance

I will collect the identifications (Please do 5 id/sigs. See Homework Tutorial and Homework Grader)
n.b. Please remember to read Hard Times by the end of spring break.
n.b. Please be sure that Mr. Meyers has you on the email list. Email him at ameyers@ecfs.org with your full name, the band in which you meet and your email address.

All
• Sullivan, 550-559
• Monarchs Timeline

London:
• Catholic Emancipation Bill of 1829
• Reform Act of 1832
• Repeal of the Corn Laws (1846)
• Readings on Chartists

Paris:
• The Romantics and Utopian Socialists: Charles Fourier
• The July Monarchy
• François Guizot (1787-1874): Condition of the July Monarchy, 1830-1848
• Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France

Vienna:
• Prince Klemens von Metternich. Political Confession of Faith (1820)
• Metternich on The Death of Emperor Francis
• Kossuth’s Hungarian Declaration of Independence

Identify:
London: Chartists, George III, George IV, the “Regency” period, Sir Robert Peel, Tories, Whigs, Corn Law, Earl Grey, Duke of Wellington (Tory Prime Minister), William IV, Reform Act of 1832, Factory Act of 1833, repeal of the Corn Laws, Ten Hours Act of 1847, Liberalism

Paris: Bourbon Monarchy, July Monarchy (1830), Charles X, Louis Philippe, Guizot, Orleanists, February Revolution (1848), June Days (1848), Louis Napoleon ( Napoleon III), Second Empire,

Vienna: Hapsburg dynasty, Hapsburg Empire, Volksgeist, March Days (1848), Prince Klemens von Metternich, Emperor Francis, Emperor Ferdinand, Louis Kossuth, Bach System,

Topical web sites:
Encyclpedia of the 1848 Revolutions: http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/index.htm
The  Chartist Movement: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/chartism.htm
Chartism: http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/ac/chartis.htm
The Robert Peel Web (Chartism): http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/peelhome.htm
Marx and Engels on the Utopian Socialists (1848): http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/intellect/manifesto.html
Charles Fourier: http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/intellect/lecture19a.html
July Monarchy: http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/270.asp
Austrian Reichstag: http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/ac/austrei1.htm
Austrian Constitution of the Reich: http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/ac/ausreics.htm
Metternich on Monarchy: http://h-net2.msu.edu/~habsweb/sourcetexts/francis.htm
Metternich on Conservatism: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1820metternich.html
Guizot on July Monarchy: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1848guizot.html
Hapsburg Web: http://h-net2.msu.edu/~habsweb/

Day Four and Five: London- The Regency and the City

What is the artistic and political intent behind Regent Street ? Is it “Neoclassical,” “Romantic,” “Liberal,” “Reactionary”?          

Using the readings below, we will address the question above in an informal debate:

Debating Regent Street

• Olsen, 15-34
• Timeline:  Political & Economic History of Great Britain
• Nancy Finnerty , The Challenges of Urban Expansion in Victorian London
• David Cody, A Brief History of London
• Andrew Meyers, The Search for the Neoclassical Street
• Nick Arioli, BoME 2000, Regent Street

• In-Class Slides of Regent Street
• Detail Plan of Regent Street

Identify: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Liberalism, Reactionary, Regency Style, George IV, William IV,  Victoria, Victorian,  John Nash, Regent Street

Days Six and Seven: From Classicism to Romanticism in England and France

How are both Classicism and Romanticism products of the Enlightenment? How is the reaction against classicism "modern"? How is Romanticism “modern” or "anti-modern" ? How is the Gothic Revival “modern”or "anti-modern"? (Remember the Berman discussion)

• Sullivan, 530-537
• Janson, 646-648; 655-659, 661-669, 673- 679, 691-694

• In-Class Slides: From Classicism to Romanticism in Paris and London

Identify: J. L. David, Eugene Delacroix, Jean Gros, Theodore Gericault, J.D.A. Ingres , John Constable, Joseph Mallord William Turner , Charles Barry, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, John Ruskin, Seven Lamps of Architecture, George Gilbert Scott  

Topical web sites:
19th Century Art Links: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html#19century
Pugin and Barry: http://www.hubcom.com/channel/pugin/
Ruskin: http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/jruskin.html
Ruskin: http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/ruskin/ruskinov.html
Christopher Witcombe The Roots of Modernism: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/modernism/roots.html

Day Eight: Revolution and Restoration: Art and Revolt in Paris from 1830 to 1848

Daumier, Revolt, 1830	At the barricades

Can art be revolutionary? What forces work against revolutionary art?

• Fleming, 511-521
• Timeline: The Arts and a Century of Revolution and Counter-Revolution

• In-Class Slides: The Politics of French Classicism and Romanticism: Daumier and Corot

Topical Web Sites:
Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France: http://history.hanover.edu/texts/fr1848.htm
French Women Insurgents: http://www.ohiou.edu/~Chastain/dh/frenchwo.htm
Daumier: http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/daumier/

Optional Day Nine: The Music of Modernity: Beethoven to Berlioz

How does Romantic music express cultural modernism? What is revolutionary about Romantic music? What is reactionary?

These readings are in the Unit One Reader

• Leonard Bernstein, “The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity,” 193-225 (Berlioz’ Romeo and Juliet)
• William Fleming, Arts and Ideas , 354-357 (Beethoven’s Eroica); 370-373 (Berlioz’ Fantastique)

• In-Class Video: The Unanswered Question: The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity

Identify: Sonata Form, exposition, development, recapitulation, introduction, coda, Hector Berlioz, idee fixe, program music, tonal music (tonalism), chromaticism

To look up the musical terms go to:
Musical Glossary: http://www.hnh.com/newDesign/fglossary.files/bglossary.htm
The Classical Music Pages: http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html
Glossary of Classical Music Terms: http://library.advanced.org/tq-admin/month.cgi
Berlioz: http://home.earthlink.net/~oy/berlioz.html
Berlioz: http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/berlioz.html

Day Ten: Modern Architecture- The Crystal Palace and The Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve

Paxton, Crystal Palace, 1843	Labrouste, Bib. Ste. Genevieve, 1843

How are  these two buildings  icons of the Liberal City? How do they reflect different approaches to liberalism and modernity?

Read the assignment in the Reader and  study the web sites below
n.b. Please remember to read Hard Times by the end of spring break.

• Sigfried Giedion, “Space, Time and Architecture,” 218-228, 243-255 (handout)
• The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace:http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html
• The Design of the Crystal Palace:http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~cj8n/london/design.html
• Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve: http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Biblio_Ste_Genevieve.html

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