7th Grade World History| 11.01: Romantic Art in an Age of Revolution

Which of the following is a quote from Rousseau?

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

Which of the following best describes Eugene Delacroix?

A French painter inspired by exotic lands and by the struggles of the people

Which of the following best describes Caspar David Friedrich?

A German landscape artist who painted rocky seacoasts and dark forests

Which of the following best describes John Constable?

A landscape painter who captured the scenery of his native southern England

What is the name of the English poet who supported Greece's revolt against the Ottomans?

Byron

Is this statement true or false? Beethoven cannot be truly considered a Romantic composer because he was unwilling to break the old rules of composition.

False

Who is the German writer of The Sorrows of Young Werther?

Goethe

Which of the following is not true about Rousseau?

He looked to the Classical past for truth.

Who is the author of a novel called Frankenstein?

Shelley

Is this statement true or false? Beethoven was a Classical composer who was increasingly influenced by Romanticism.

True

Is this statement true or false? Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony evokes a day in the country by using instruments to imitate birdsong and thunder.

True

Which Romantic period writer found inspiration in England's Lake District?

Wordsworth

Which of the following best describes the French intellectual Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

an Enlightenment philosophe who believed in the goodness of human nature

Where did Romanticism hope to find truth?

in nature and emotion

Coming after the Enlightenment, where did Romanticism NOT expect to find truth?

in reason

Which earlier ideas did Romanticism reject?

The beliefs of the Enlightenment.