Chapter 12 Flashcards
What is Romanticism?
An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, nature, and individualism.
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
A philosopher whose ideas on emotion and nature influenced the Romantic movement.
Name a notable work of William Blake.
Songs of Innocence and Experience.
What themes did William Wordsworth celebrate in his poetry?
Nature and the human spirit.
Which poem is Samuel Taylor Coleridge known for?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Who is known for creating Byronic heroes?
Lord Byron.
Fill in the blank: Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote ______ to the West Wind.
[key learning term].
What is Mary Shelley famous for?
The author of Frankenstein.
Define Gothic Literature.
A genre combining Romanticism and horror, featuring supernatural elements and dark themes.
What is Victor Hugo known for?
Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Who wrote Faust?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Name a famous painting by Caspar David Friedrich.
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.
Which Spanish painter is known for The Third of May 1808?
Francisco Goya.
What is Eugène Delacroix known for?
Liberty Leading the People.
Identify a key characteristic of J.M.W. Turner’s work.
Expressive landscapes and maritime scenes.
What does Romantic Nationalism emphasize?
National identity, folklore, and cultural heritage.
Who are The Brothers Grimm?
German folklorists who collected and published Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
What is a defining feature of Romantic Music?
Emphasis on emotion and individual expression.
Which composer is known for his Ninth Symphony?
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Franz Schubert is known for his compositions called _______.
[key learning term].
What is Frederic Chopin renowned for?
Piano compositions that emphasized emotion and virtuosity.
Which composer created Symphonie Fantastique?
Hector Berlioz.
Richard Wagner is known for which operatic works?
The Ring Cycle and Tristan und Isolde.
What is Nationalism in Music?
A movement where composers incorporated folk melodies and themes from their native lands.
What defines Romantic Ballet?
Emphasizes expressiveness and ethereal themes.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
An American transcendentalist writer known for Walden.
What did Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasize in his philosophy?
Self-reliance and the connection between humans and nature.
Edgar Allan Poe is known for which types of stories?
Macabre stories and poems like The Raven.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote which notable work?
The Scarlet Letter.
What is Herman Melville’s famous novel?
Moby-Dick.
What is Walt Whitman known for?
Leaves of Grass.
What does the Hudson River School represent?
A group of American Romantic painters known for grand landscapes.
Define Romantic Orientalism.
A fascination with Eastern cultures in Western Romantic literature and art.
What is Exoticism in the context of Romanticism?
A tendency to idealize foreign lands and cultures.
How did Romanticism influence Japan?
Blending traditional themes with new emotional depth.
What major economic shift did Romantic artists often react against?
The Industrial Revolution.
True or False: Romanticism emphasized emotion and imagination.
True.
What is the main difference between Romanticism and Realism?
Romanticism focused on emotion and imagination, while Realism focused on everyday life and accuracy.
Who is Gustave Courbet?
A leading Realist painter who rejected Romantic idealism.
Honoré de Balzac is known for which literary work?
La Comédie Humaine.
Charles Dickens highlighted what themes in his works?
Social injustices.
Leo Tolstoy wrote which famous novels?
War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Fyodor Dostoevsky is known for which psychological novel?
Crime and Punishment.
What legacy did Romanticism leave on later artistic movements?
Influenced movements like Symbolism and Modernism.
What characterizes Realism as a literary and artistic movement?
Focus on everyday reality.
