Sublime: The Aesthetics & Origins of Romanticism 

Well, that elevated quickly.

I realised that i haven't commented on this video despite it being one of my favourite things on RU-vid. I have watched it many times and i still watch it again. I really love your channel and even though im quite ignorant when it comes to language i love how you tie together history, history of ideas and language in an accessible, interesting and stimulating way. Keep up the great work!

A version without any background music is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ul_YAM_Udek.html Thanks for the comments pointing out that the music was too loud for many people.

Would you believe that I've only been able to watch this video until today? Quite a good job, keep it up!

wow. amazing video! great work! thank you so much!

You did a spectacular job covering all this territory in such a short time.

Very informative and well produced! I recently read Anne Radcliffe's essay on the Supernatural in Poetry after reading about her in HP Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature essay. This video would have been extremely helpful to have watched before reading either, but it helped to clarify a lot of the Romantic / Gothic connections, and to simplify the whole aesthetic notion of sublimity. Thanks! I look forward to watching more.

This is so comprehensive. Thank you.

i really appreciate how you break down the etymology and definitions of these words. i wish more people did that

Thank you so very much for this enlightening contribution. Being German (this is the husband writing), I had always understood "sublime" as "subliminal" (unterschwellig, subconscious) and had been crushed when I found out that it could actually mean "crushed". So, thanks again

as i am currently writing an essay on burke's aethetical theories and their reflection in shelley's works AND am a linguist and thus deeply interested in etymologies, this video was a manyfold pleasure to watch for me. thank you very much!

Great content! The video was amazingly helpful! It opened up new connections in my mind, regarding literature and art. Thank you!

Oh my goodness.... you are sooooooooooooooo welcome, thank you for the post, it is a HUUUUUUUGE PLEASURE to view. Almost too much pleasure for this lil (or big and sticky) visual addicts dancing heart. God bless

Man these videos are so freakin cool. It’s a shame you don’t have more subs.

what a complex (but also entertaining) task this video must have been... great job!!! all the connections made to the term really helped me understand what Sublime means; it made me think that, perhaps, it's always been around as an idea, lingering behind all those other movements, but people of the earlier centuries couldn't think of the right name to give it, let alone find a proper explanation for it.

Haha great quality video! I just can't stop watching your stuff, its quality is amazing!

Mind blown... i never knew! keep em coming

Gosh this I phenomenal, this video especially unique with it's deconstruction of the romantic movement through the etymology of words and their meanings as well as the wider development of the words, I love this so muchhh

I seriously find your channel so useful and informative. Thank you thank you thank you. :)

This video has helped me with my BA thesis. Thank you so much💕🙏😀

EXCELLENT! blew my mind. Fantastic overview of great part of european art history, through just one word. Well done sir, subscribed. Amazing

This video was sublime

Nice presentation. Now I've got something to contribute. I kept getting lost when you move from one artists to another. Lemme say there were a lot of philosophers in here

_Aesthetically_ _pleasing_ usage of *mind* *mapping* and *etymology* in order to give *context* to *key* *terms* of *cultural* *history* ! *Encyclopedism* on another level. However, characterizing *romanticism* as *sexist* is an _ideological_ notion (refering to the theoretical position of 'gender as a mere _construct'_ ) as femininity and _affection_ in romantic writing were not always _dismissed_ , but quite _idealized_ as a trait of *nature* (e.g. in Friedrich Hoelderlin's *Hyperion* or Herman Melville's novels) - that is more connected to *pre-cognitive* reality than the _masculine_ rationalism of the classicists. If women were often pictured as ill-educated and _emotive_ then it was an accurate observation of the average 18th century female. It took female writers to prove that females can hold their ground in a conversation if given access to the necessary education (e.g. Margaret Fuller). Moreover, 'love at first sight' is not an _idealization_ of 'romantic love', but the _natural_ effect of two individuals _realizing_ they are _attracted_ _to_ _each_ _other_ - arguably not the 'pinnacle' of _love_ , but the 'cornerstone' of a sexual relationship. Given the fact that the _sublime_ of _nature_ is so widely _referenced_ in this essay, but effectively dismissed as _unreal_ , the presentation suffers from a lack of balance in the end, advocating for a _certain_ *interpretation* of 'romanticism' (e.g. on the British Isles and tilted towards *Whiggism* ) while disregarding others (e.g. on the European continent or the New World). Education is not _activism_ - it is the _foundation_ of liberty as _informed_ _action_ .

I found your soundtrack to be quite annoying due to its repetition and excessive volume. Otherwise very interesting though.

Amazing research

what a ride! thanks!

It makes sense that a philosopher like Adam Smith who concentrates on the individual does not only explain the economic aspects but also sees the core of being an individual: having emotions. Love the films by the way

if you have learning difficulties like I do, it helps to put the video on a slightly slower speed setting so you can understand it better and have more time to write things down without pausing every other second.

Well explained

this helped a lot, thank you!

This was great!

Thank you!!

Thank you for your clips...now I have the idea of integrating Language to my Music and Art lessons.

Phew it's gonna be hard to remember this!

Ooohh!!,i'd like to live 100 more years to know the things you know!!!.

Amazing. Thx.

Awesome.

Very interesting! And not even remotely close to what I'd have predicted if I'd been asked about it, so in that way, it's even more so. ^_^

I knew about the Goths not actually using black lipstick hehehe. I also heard the story of how the novel "The hunchback of Notre-dame" saved the cathedral of Notre-dame by being a fanfiction. That's quite lovely and speaks volumes about how influential literature and, basically all arts can be in our day to day life, and history. : )

Nice connections.

Best definition of Romanticism ever was given by Bertrand Russell (I paraphrase): "The Classicist puts the tiger in a cage marked "tiger" and the goat in a cage marked "goat". The Romantic opens both cage doors and admires the magnificent leaps of the tiger as it annihilates its prey".

Really nice research and presentation style

Loving these video! One suggestion: would like to see the the birth and death years of all the people mentioned in the videos, since there are so many periods etc. mentioned and at least I seem to get lost sometimes. Anyways, great job!

Keep it up, you are really good and for u ,,😍👍👍👍

Hello! I wouldn’t normally ask of this of the OP but would you be able to re- upload this with the background music a bit less loud?

fantastic video! would like to note that the name Oisian is pronounced more like "Oh-Sheen"

Love it! Could you a video on Oscar Wilde and Descadents?

Do you happen to publish any kind of book?

Would is be accurate to compare The Enlightenment and the following Romanticism with Modernism and Postmodernism?

In the future, may I suggest lowering the volume of the classical music and maybe picking a song that is more calm? It was really hard to focus on what you were saying because of the music

Great video, but I kept wondering how terms like "classical" and "romantic" fit into musical styles as we now refer to them, e.g., Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, et al. Like Mozart and Haydn are "classical", Beethoven is in between, then composers like Tchaikovsky or Dvořák are "romantic".

"This is not a subliminal message." ;-)

im studying for my Eng Lit exam and this video was very interesting

There's a subtle difference between 'gothick' and 'gothic' revival architecture. The former was a more surface deep approach which put medieval details on to a classical layout, the Houses of Parliament being an excellent example (the architect was E. Barry). The latter was a more fundamental attempt to adopt true medieval gothic architecture in an authentic way.

> goes to subliminal > one frame picture appears > "this is not a subliminal message"

Ok. I saw the subject and the only meaning of "sublime" is when a substance passes from a solid phase to a gas phase directly without first transitioning to a liquid phase. That is the more common meaning in my brain (clearly I'm not an artist) and I am disappointed that this meaning wasn't addressed in your video.

I love you

The subliminal message caught me off guard and I started cracking up watching this at work XD

A novel is also called a Roman in German.

Who would downvote a video such as this? And why? I am puzzled.^^

Good show, Bruv. I see your shade on the Goths.. lol.

I didn't get anything because of the music & I got really mad because I need this explanation... :)

the background music could be eliminated. it is not easy to follow the video with the music in the background!

What is test of sublimity????

To cover or to Vale

6:48 Did you say... Walpole?! (Any ExtraHistory fans out there?)

Dude LOL, this is all way too ROMANTIC!!!🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the Good Work, homies!!! BTW, you guys nailed the video and the definition of sublime, You guys nailed it so well in fact, that the Bible Writers just called, They're accusing you of stealing intellectual property; They want their Crux-of-Fiction back! okay gotta go, dont have time to contruct perfect sentences... zip it up and zip it out homies!

I know this is two year's late... But, a question i have is, the Latin spoken by the people in Gaul was influenced by Frankish, and then Old English was influenced by the combination of vulgar Latin and Frankish known as French and old english became middle english? So basically what I'm asking is.... A romance language had been influenced by a Germanic one and then centuries later a Germanic language had been influenced by a romance language?

Great video but that music is very distracting.... 🙄

Great video. But this background song is very loud and very distracting

I can’t hear you over the music. Why would you ruin it with such a noise?

I'd argue that Adam Smith's two books (on the face of it, since I've only skimmed through their wiki pages) can complement each other since building wealth enables all the people to acquire more wealth, thus giving them a more comfortable life. He makes the case for multiple present societal themes such as; progressive taxation ("It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.", the 1% discussion). the aversion of public debt [of war] ("payment of the interest of the publick debt, it has been said, it is the right hand which pays the left ... and the nation is not a farthing the poorer ... [but this is] the sophistry of the mercantile system", which can be loosely tranlated to the costs of the war spending will burden future generations), And other very 'sensible' principles such as the unjust actions against organised labour while organised 'masters' got a free pass and that monopolies should be prevented since it artificially raises prices. Before this video I hadn't heard of Adam Smith, but researching this topic was quite pleasant since I found my opinions to naturally align with the views expressed in Wealth of Nations. I came across an article (deoxy.org/korten_betrayal.htm) that reflects conversations I had that it isn't market economics causing current problems, but (with this newfound terminology), the loss of sensibility in the political economic system, where greed and excesses seem to run rampant. Tying this back to Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, I think these two should be read in tandem since they balance each other out.

Sublime.

My head hurts

Music is way too loud

I almost didn’t watch this video on account of the pentagram but nun the less a very intelligent perspective.

I'm a bit surprised you didn't go into the scientific meaning of sublime and sublimation, the phase transition from solid to gas.

The background music was extremely annoying and distracting. Why have such a high-pitched contrast?

Background music is irritating and distracting.

There should not be any music in the middle, when talking about something nice

I don't understand your commentary on Adam Smith. Why is it "strange" that he was both a major figure in capitalist thought and in romantic philosophy? Surely an intellectual can approach a variety of subjects throughout his lifetime, especially those of the caliber of Adam Smith. Also, this video has quite a few issues. Music too loud, you seem to be jumping between many different topics , and, in my view, you spend way too much time on the etymological roots of the terms rather than the ideas themselves.

Music is too loud, and shouldn't be there anyway.

Jj

that music ... not sublime

this is not a subliminal message

Not gonna lie, it's necessary to be of very particular intellectual capabilities to put such a loud music on the background that it is almost impossible to listen the speech.

The music fucks the video up because you can't hear what he's saying

Hahahahah!!!!!! I need Amy Schumers MyLady App!!!!!!

I find it worrying that humanist optimism is becoming popularity again. Nihilism is the way to go. Even Christianity once embraced the fact that human beings are miserable, wretched creatures whose lives are defined by suffering. In fact, suffering is vital in building moral character. Once one embraces that life is suffering and death is inevitable, one can start to work toward mastery. Humans are not meant to overcome the human condition.

porco dio l'assegno di inglese alle 6 di sera,

I would have loved to watch it to the end, but the absolutely loud and horrible music totally ruined it for me, and I have to close it.

Why did you choose the same music...... It irritates

But... "sublimate"???

wtf

Wait, but I thought "feels over reals" was _destroying_ Western civilization!

Votre prononciation française et allemande est terribleotre

stop that annoying music, I can't listen ....

Why have that awful music playing while you are speaking about very interesting things? It spoils the video. Such a shame.

Actually quite boring.