Philosophical Roots
Plato believed art was inferior because it was merely an imitation of ________?
Truth
This major revolution began in 1789 and disillusioned many, helping spark Romanticism.
French Revolution
Romanticism emphasized this over reason—feelings, imagination, and passion.
emotion
She wrote Frankenstein as a critique of Enlightenment science gone wrong.
Mary Shelley
In Frankenstein, this is what the creature becomes after being rejected by society.
A monster
In the Middle Ages, art was mainly used as a tool to convey faith and ____________?
morality
Before Romanticism, this artistic style emphasized reason, order, and ancient ideals.
Neoclassicism
Romantics saw nature as a source of awe and this, not something to rationally control.
The Sublime
This French author wrote Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables explores the clash between law and this.
Morality / humanity
The Renaissance revived interest in humanism and celebrated this ____________? “ratio” in art.
Golden Ratio
Napoleon’s rule pushed this orderly, reason-based art style—inspired by ancient Rome—to its peak.
Neoclassicism
Romanticism focused on this type of human experience rather than universal ideals.
The individual / personal
He wrote The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas’s adventure novel famous for the motto: “All for one, and one for all!”
The Three Musketeers
The Enlightenment held _________? as the absolute standard, which Romanticism later questioned.
Reason
The period of the French Revolution and Napoleon created unrest and disillusionment with this.
order / rational society
Romanticism believed true art should explore human complexity, emotion, and this.
Imperfection / inner conflict
This English Romantic poet co-wrote Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
William Wordsworth
Mary Shelley’s most famous novel, a Gothic masterpiece about a scientist and his creation.
Frankenstein
During the Renaissance, art became a testament to human capability, moving away from _____________?
medieval religious purpose / divine order
The period of the French Revolution and Napoleon created unrest and disillusionment with _______?
the ancien régime
Romantics believed this—human imperfection and inner conflict—was the true starting point for art.
Human imperfection
He wrote The Phantom of the Opera, carrying on Gothic and Romantic themes.
Gaston Leroux
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote this poem about a shattered statue in the desert.
“Ozymandias”