tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436348360110486998.post5987424297075590060..comments2023-08-07T11:15:07.144-04:00Comments on Objectivish: Objectivist Music? Galt AureusJoe Mauronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07598213543612872498noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436348360110486998.post-6268286767143936042009-04-27T17:07:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:07:00.000-04:00I didn't quite follow all of this. However, i...I didn't quite follow all of this. However, in the last paragraph are you implying that there is a connection between Romantic music and Romantic literature?GGMuzenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8436348360110486998.post-54938818783874611272009-04-27T22:57:00.000-04:002009-04-27T22:57:00.000-04:00Hi, GG. Since you say you didn't quite follow ...Hi, GG. Since you say you didn't quite follow this, I don't know where to start to answer your question, since I don't know your familiarity with the Objectivist conception of Romanticism and art. (This site is primarily for those already familiar with Rand's theory of esthetics.)<br><br> There are other posts on this blog that you might want to read, but, in a word, yes: Romantic literature and art did coincide at a certain period in time, so there was a shared zeitgeist, the common links being the Age of Enlightenment (or reaction against), and a sense of individual volition and imagination versus the rule-bound forms of classicisal realisim (and more controversially, often a shared Byronic sense of life, a sense of struggle and defeat.)Joe Mauronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07598213543612872498noreply@blogger.com