/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2435424
>Pretty sure blackmetal is the romantic movement within heavy metal music.
>what you just said is fucking retarded
Was it? Blackmetal has a tendency to look to the past through rose-tinted glasses, and a tendency to revere nature. It imitates forces of nature through instrumentation - whirlwind guitars, rolling thunder and cracks of lightning from the drums, attempts to achieve a "cold" overall sound. Tends towards more unusual/complex compositions, eschewing pop verse/chorus format. Promotes individualism. Was in part a reaction against deathmetal and its perceived commercialization, overproduced sterile sound, and overemphasis of technical ability. Was co-opted by nationalistic/fascist folks. Does none of this remind of romanticism?

>other stuff

I'd bet a lot of people who like blackmetal would also like gy!be. But no, none of your links are blackmetal, obviously, because they are not even metal. The difference between them and metal is rather distinct I would say. But when you try to define what gy!be is, or what metal is, or start delving into subgenres, things quickly become nebulous and pedantic. I can't even agree with your google definition of blackmetal. "Hail satan" and the antics of certain musicians are always used to define blackmetal yet completely ignore the aspects of the genre that make it interesting. When it comes to music I would think instrumentation and composition should trump lyrics and musicians' personal lives but apparently many people do not agree.

Maybe my troubles with art periods stem from the same issue - a disinterest in meaning, and in the artists themselves. If I see a depiction of an idealized past, I think oh, that's romantic. I still can not quite understand what the Pre-Raphaelites were all about, and just lump them with romanticism. Same with a lot of symbolist painters.

What about romantic period artists who only painted portraits? How to identify their work as romantic?