Romatic Period Flashcards
Approximate dates for the Romantic period
1800-1850
What was the Enlightenment
A movement in the 1700s filled with science and logic that was restrained in its attitudes to love
What year was the French Revolution?
1789
What did the French Revolution do?
It overthrew the French monarchy and there was huge fear of it repeating in the UK
What are the 3 values of the French Revolution
Equality, freedom, fraternity
What poems are Romantic
The Garden of Love by Blake
She walks in beauty
La belle dame sans merci
Romantic quote on beauty
‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty.’ KEATS
Belief about nature for the Romantics
An adoration of nature in all its forms
Unruly and chaotic imagery
Structures used for the romantics
Fairy tales, folk song style poems
What people did the Romantic movement focus on?
The individual and their own mine