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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: a [[word]] or phrase used as a [[sign]] of [[recognition]] among members of the same [[society]], class, or [[group]] | | *1: a [[word]] or phrase used as a [[sign]] of [[recognition]] among members of the same [[society]], class, or [[group]] |
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| :b : a guiding principle <change is the watchword for both parties> | | :b : a guiding principle <change is the watchword for both parties> |
| ==Illustration== | | ==Illustration== |
− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich] contended that what matters is not the world of [[mundane]] [[perception]] but the world reconstituted by [[intuition]] and [[imagination]]. His creative [[watchword]] is quintessentially Romantic: | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich] contended that what matters is not the world of [[mundane]] [[perception]] but the world reconstituted by [[intuition]] and [[imagination]]. His creative [[watchword]] is quintessentially Romantic: |
| <blockquote>“Close your [[physical]] eye so that you may first see your [[picture]] with the [[spiritual eye]]. Then bring to the [[light]] of day that which you have seen in the [[darkness]].”</blockquote> | | <blockquote>“Close your [[physical]] eye so that you may first see your [[picture]] with the [[spiritual eye]]. Then bring to the [[light]] of day that which you have seen in the [[darkness]].”</blockquote> |
| A work of art such as ''Mondaufgang am Meer'' testifies to the absolute [[priority]] of [[subjective]] [[truth]] and reminds us that Romantic landscape art is above all else an [[invocation]] of spiritual [[values]]. | | A work of art such as ''Mondaufgang am Meer'' testifies to the absolute [[priority]] of [[subjective]] [[truth]] and reminds us that Romantic landscape art is above all else an [[invocation]] of spiritual [[values]]. |
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| [[Category: General Reference]] | | [[Category: General Reference]] |