Sublime

So this week in art history we were discussing Romanticism. We talked about how the art of this period was often sublime. So my teacher is super weird and she is always using large words that I am pretty sure she makes up. She reminds me of Martha Stewart in that way. Instead of describing something with one adjective it takes her 5 to 7. Well turns out I didn't really know what sublime meant but she used it an awful lot to describe romantic art. She said it means pleasurable fear....what? I didn't know there was such a thing. The TA in lab tried to tell us that it means like when you see a car crash you love it but you're glad it's not you. I thought that was a stupid explanation but I guess it sorta makes sense. She said though that it does apply more to nature and storms which is true. I mean I love watching hurricanes and earthquakes on movies and stuff but I am glad I don't actually have to live them. So those are my thoughts on sublime. Here is what I think best captures sublime according to my teacher's definition:



and this is what my teacher thinks is sublime:



Either she's not good at explaining or she sucks at adjectives....