Hum 2 Final Edited Ch 12
(A) Who is Faust?(B) What deal did he make with Mephistopheles?
(A) Faust is a character in German literature, particularly in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play "Faust".(B) In the play, Faust makes a deal with Mephistopheles, a devil, to give him whatever he desires in exchange for his soul. Mephistopheles agrees and leads Faust on a journey of temptation and corruption, testing his moral values and ultimately leading to his downfall.
(A) What is the central theme to Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"?(B) To Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
(A) The power of nature to bring about change and transformation, both in the external world and in the inner life of the individual.(B) The tension between the immortal and the mortal, and the idea that art can preserve the beauty of human experience even as time and mortality threaten to destroy it.
(A) Which two writers produced Lyrical Ballads?(B) Why is it significant?
(A) William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor(B) Because it marked the beginning of the Romantic movement in English literature by using ordinary language and everyday experiences to convey powerful emotions and ideas.
Darwin contributed to the study of biology chiefly by?
Developing the theory of natural selection.
What are some of the concepts Romantics rebelled against?
Individualism
Goethe's hero, Faust, is symbolic of the Western ideal of?
Urge to transcend limitations
1860s Music Landmarks
Verdi Aida (1870)-Wagner, The ring of the Nibelung (1876)
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
landmark work of female writers and first novel to examine the human impact on scientific experimentation
J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, and Thomas Cole were all noted painters of?
natural landscapes
What are some characteristics of nineteenth-century music?
the orchestra grew to grand proportions
1800s Music Landmarks
-Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor (1808)-Schubert, Songs )1815-1828)
1780s Landmarks of the visual arts
-Blake, songs of Experience (1794);-Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads (1798)
1820s Literary Landmarks
-Byron, Don Juan (1819-1824)-Emerson, Essays (1836)
1820s Music Landmarks
-Chopin, Keyboard works (1825-1845)-Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique (1830)-Taglioni's debut in La Sylphide (1830)
1840s LIterary Landmarks
-Douglas, Narrative of teh Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)-Bornefree, Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850)-Thoreau, Walden (1854)-Whitman, Leaves of Grass (1855-1892)
1860s Landmarks in the visual arts
-Garnier, Paris Opera (1860-1875)-Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak (1863)-Corot, Ville d'Avray (1870)
1800s LIterary Landmarks
-Hegel, the philosophy of history (1807)-Goethe, Faust (1808-1832)-Shelley, Lyric, poems (1813-1822)-Byron, Childe Harold's ilgrimage (1818)-Mary SHelley, Frankenstein (1818)-Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (1819)-Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Idea (1819)
1880s Landmarks
-Jean-Louis Charles Barnier, Facade of the Operal, Paris-Federic-Auguste Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty
1820s Landmarks in the visual arts
-John Constable, The Haywain (1821)-Delacroix, LIberty Leading the People (1830)-Rude, La Marseillaise (1833-1836)-Cole, The Oxbow (1836)
1840s Landmarks in the visual arts
-Turner, The Slave Ship (1840)-Bary ad Pugin, Houses of Parliament, London (1840-1860)-Catlin, The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas (1844-1845)
In his landmark symphonies, Beethoven made use of?
1. strong contrasts of loud and soft sound 2. the scherzo
Which of the following best describes the Romantic architecture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton
Eastern exotic
1800s Landmarks in the visual arts
Goya, the third of May, 1808 (1814)-Nash, The Royal Pavilion, Brighton (1815-1821); Gericault, The Raft of the "Medusa"(1818)
Theory of Natural Selection
Idea, first proposed by Charles Darwin, that species survive due to favorable characteristics
Identify the significance of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People.
It is a symbol of the French Revolution and a representation of the fight for liberty and democracy.
Goya immortalized the history of the French occupation of Spain in a landmark series of etchings and aquatints known as?
The Disasters of War
Romanticism
a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.
Johann Goethe's Faust
became the model of western humankind and of the individuals quest for knowledge, experience, and power.
The most famous paintings of Géricault and Goya depicted?
current events
According to Hegel, what is the essence of spirit?
freedom
Romantic Landscape
heightened emotion, often brushy technique, sublime
The landmark work that marked the birth of the Romantic movement in England was William Wordsworth's?
"Lyrical Ballads"
(A) Who were the Transcendentalists?(B) What philosophy did they embrace?
(A) A group of American writers and thinkers in the mid-19th century who rejected traditional religion and culture in favor of individualism and the search for spiritual truth.(B) They embraced a philosophy that emphasized individualism, intuition, and the inherent goodness of people and nature.
One of the main characteristics of Whitman's landmark poetry is that it?
is written in free verse
(A) What themes were favored by Romantic artists?(B) How did the style different from Neoclassicism?
A) Nature, emotion, individualism, imagination, and the supernatural.B) Romanticism differed from Neoclassicism in its emphasis on emotion and individualism over reason and conformity, and its focus on nature and the imagination rather than classical ideals and rationality.
Define "Romanticism" and identify its characteristics. (B) How does it differ from Neoclassicism?
A) Romanticism was a movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, imagination, nature, and the supernatural. Its characteristics included intense emotions, a celebration of nature, an emphasis on individualism and personal experience, an interest in the supernatural and the unknown, and a rejection of traditional artistic conventions. B) Neoclassicism, on the other hand, was a movement that emphasized reason, order, and the classical ideals of ancient Greece and Rome. It favored clarity, simplicity, and rationality in art and literature. Unlike Romanticism, Neoclassicism rejected emotion and individualism in favor of reason and conformity.
(A) What cause generated some of the "most impassioned literature of the Romantic Era"?(B) How did Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth contribute to this cause?
A) The fight against slavery and the promotion of human rights.(B) Nat Turner led a rebellion against slaveholders, Frederick Douglass wrote autobiographies that became influential works, and Sojourner Truth gave speeches and wrote about the abolition of slavery and women's rights.
Who was George Catlin and what/who served as his primary source of inspiration?
An American painter known for his portraits of Native Americans. His primary source of inspiration was the Plains Indians.
By "sublime," romantics like Wordsworth were referring to?
Awe-inspiring nature
How did the symphonies of Beethoven surpass those of Mozart or Haydn?
Beethoven's symphonies surpassed those of Mozart or Haydn in their use of larger orchestras, longer compositions, and a greater range of emotional expression.
How did the writing of Jane Austen differ from the Brontës and Mary Shelley?
Jane Austen's writing style was marked by her use of irony, social commentary, and focus on the lives of the English upper-middle class. In contrast, the Brontë sisters and Mary Shelley were more interested in exploring darker themes such as Gothic elements, emotional intensity, and the supernatural.
leitmotif, idee fixe, sublime
Leitmotif: a recurring theme or motif in music that is associated with a particular person, idea, or situationIdée fixe: a recurring musical theme or motif that represents a particular idea, person, or object, often used to represent obsessive love or passion
London's Houses of Parliament are a landmark example of?
Neomedievalism
