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Undergraduate 2
07/02/2012

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Neo-Classical: triumph of reason
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Romantic: reassertion of imagination
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Neo-Classical: suppression of emotions
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Romantic: expression of emotions
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Neo-Classical: nature abstracted to laws
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Romantic: nature rehabilitated, deified
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Neo-Classical: deism
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Romantic: pantheism
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Neo-Classical: mechanical universe (state/state of being)
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Romantic: organic universe (dynamic-never static/state of becoming)
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Neo-Classical: man as social being
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Romantic: man as individual, solitary
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Neo-Classical: emphasis on order, control
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Romantic: emphasis on revolution, freedom
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Neo-Classical: the familiar
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Romantic: the strange and mysterious
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Neo-Classical: materialism
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Romantic: supernaturalism
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Neo-Classical: greco-roman models (harmony, balance, proportion, restraint, moderation, rules, polish, decorum, propriety)
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Romantic: medieval models (enthusiasm, aspiration, complexity, irregularity, color, spirit, mysticism)
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Neo-Classical: wit, satire
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Romantic: humor, sympathy
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Neo-Classical: artificiality
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Romantic: naturalness
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Neo-Classical: clarity, precision, statement
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Romantic: vagueness, suggestiveness, symbolism
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Neo-Classical: coldness
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Romantic: warmth
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Neo-Classical: man as "fallen"
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Romantic: man as naturally good
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Neo-Classical: the conscious
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Romantic: subconscious
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