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• Italian Renaissance (1400s-mid1500s)………….1-2
• Northern Renaissance (1500s-late1600s)…………3
• Mannerism (Mid-Late 1500s)………………………..3-4
• Baroque (1600-1750)…………………………………...4-5
• Rococo (1700s)…………………………………………….5-6
• Neoclassicism (1750-1850)………………………..........6
• Romanticism (1800-1850)…………………………........7
• Realism (1850-1900)…………………………………....7-8
• Impressionism (1860-1890)………………………....8-9
• Post- Impressionism (1880-1910)…………………...9
• Expressionism (Early 1900s)………………………9-10
• Fauvism (1900-1910)…………………………………….10
• Cubism (Early 1900s)……………………………………..11
• Futurism (Early 1900s)……………………………..11-12
• Dada …show more content…
It was a reaction to the industrial revolution and a revolt against the Enlightenment. It celebrated the individual genius and talent. Romanticism contained a religion revival, mainly in Catholicism. It also connected to nationalism.
Famous People:
Famous Romantic Writers:
• Lord Byron: narrative poems, he wrote about Greek independence
• Mary Shelley: daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, wrote Frankenstein which was about technology and one’s dreams causing mass destruction (emotion over reason)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley: poetry
• William Wordsworth: poetry that glorified nature, thought nature could teach people so much
Famous Romantic Artists:
• Eugene Delacroix: large canvases, bold use of color, exotic themes. Liberty Leading the People is his famous work, a tribute to the French Revolution
• Theodore Gericault: The Raft of Medusa showed fascination with nature and incompetence of the government
Famous Romantic Composers:
• Ludwig von Beethoven: classical styles, orchestral arrangements, he became deaf but still played, composes nine