Weimar classical period
The expression Weimar classical period designated in that those Epoch after Johann Wolfgang Goethe first Italy journey 1786. Those Weimar classical period lasted approximately until 1810. Also the common creative period of the friendly poets Goethe becomes partial and with Weimar classical period designates, which lasted from 1794 to 1805.
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Conditions for those Weimar classical period
As its he wrote, did not suspect 1755 to thoughts about the "imitation of the Greek works in the painting and sculptor art" and 1764/67 its "history of the art of the Alterthums" not, which effect these works to in 19. Century inside on the predominantly Roman oriented the art and culture to have should. Its aesthetic view of the Greek art was the basis for the time of the classical period. Also the literary classical period, later also Weimar classical period mentioned, remained faithful for these principles.
Temporal operational sequence that Weimar classical period
Before Goethe 1775 with 26 years after , was he - particularly by the letter novel "suffering the young Werthers" - pulled to the leader of the become. With Goethe's after removal Weimar its works became continuously more ripely in the sense one contentwise and formally the classical approximate aesthetic ideal. This also spatially after-striving Goethe traveled 1786 to Italy. Immediately after its return in the spring of the yearly 1788 it let release from its past offices and learned themselves in September Schiller in Rudolstadt know. This meeting was for both rather ernuechternd: Goethe did not regard to Schiller as a hot spur storm and urge and Schiller could with Goethe's classical wertmassstaeben anything begin.
As Schiller and Goethe itself with a lecture in Jena more near, looked the judgements came a little one above the other already differently. For these realizations are decisive two letters Schillers at Goethe, one of 23. August and the other one of 31. August 1794. One of the most valuable certifications that Weimar classical period is the exchange of letters of the two following on it. Schiller and Goethe affected each other over the masses. Thus it created Schiller again and again to discipline Goethe for sealing and Goethe created it to lift Schiller from its personal storm and urge into the classical period.
The time-historically most moving event was those of and that France against the European great powers.
Characteristic and characteristics
Those with their demand for liberty, equality and fraternity the basis for those forms Weimar classical period. In the center of the classical art concept striving for harmonious reconciliation of the contrasts is located. Following that antique art ideal is looked for for perfection and the agreement by contents and form. Where Goethe in nature looked for a model for the universal connection of all features, history became the most important point of reference for Schiller. Further characteristics are:
- Argument with that
- Not by a revolution by force (French revolution), but by one development (slow high development) of the society arrive one at the goal of the reason state.
- Centralization up
- The program of the aesthetic education confronts to the unrest of the time: Humans are to become by art and literature humanity educated and thus ripe for social changes.
- Educating ideal is the "beautiful soul", D.h. humans, in its acting obligation and inclination in agreement are (ideal of calm, clarified humans resting in itself).
- Timelessness that Epoch, by selecting articles for view, which are "beyond all influence of the times".
- Props after
- Humanity
To the most important motives Weimar classical period belong to that under other one and Tolerance. The most important kind is that and remain unimportant. An probably-arranged language was typical.
Web on the left of
- Weimar classical period — Romance
