Chap 12 - Romanticism

In Delacroix's "_______" featured those he considered to be heroes of the French Revolution including members of the middle and working classes.

Liberty Leading the People

which piece of literature marked the birth of romanticism in England

Lyrical Ballads

which of the following characterized Romanticism

all of the above

By "sublime," romantics like Wordsworth were referring to

awe-inspiring nature

The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted

current events

Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by

developing the theory of natural selection

poetry that is based on irregular rhythmic patterns rather than on the conventional and regular use of matter

free verse

Romanticism might be said to have rebelled against all of the following EXCEPT ______

individualism

Jane Austen

is considered to be one of the first Realists in the English novel-writing tradition

One of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry is that it

is written in free verse

Frederick Douglas

male counterpart to the abolitionist Sojourner Truth

J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of

natural landscapes

what is romanticism rebelling against

preferring a world on imagination

Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western

urge to transcend limitations

The American writer Henry Thoreau

valued nature as a source of instruction

In his landmark symphonies, Beethoven made use of ______ (name 3 things)

1. strong contrasts of loud and soft sound 2. the scherzo 3. dramatic motifs.