Romantic Thinkers & Writers
He wrote Emile, arguing for the natural goodness and wisdom of children.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Goya’s painting of sleeping reason shows a man doing what?
A man trying to sleep but being chased by bats/owls.
Romantics usually chose this over machines.
Nature
Wordsworth lived in Lake District, known for mountains, lakes and this famous flower that inspired I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
Daffodils.
This young poet took his own life at 17, later becoming a romantic symbol of the doomed artist.
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Cole became famous for showing powerful .................. in his paintings.
Landscapes
Romanticism was partly a reaction against new cities, factories, and this modern habit of buying more things.
consumerism
Rousseau’s famous book about children came out in this European city.
Paris
This German author wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther, which inspired generations to follow this rather impractical part of life.
Goethe
Parliament in London was rebuilt to look like this time period.
Middle Ages
The Romantic hero is like this religious figure, but in a non-religious way.
Christ
Goethe’s love story about Werther was first published in this country.
Germany
This French poet admired people who wandered city streets with no rush or purpose.
Charles Baudelaire
Romantics often felt awe in nature, calling it this.
Sublime
For Romantics, even if love ends badly, it is still right to follow this.
Heart / Passion
Thomas Cole painted this giant North American waterfall.
Niagara Falls.
This painter moved far away to an island, hoping to escape modern society.
Paul Gaugin
Romantics often said this man-made thing corrupted people.
civilization
Romantics saw children as symbols of this, rather than rules and reason.
Innocence / Creativity
Gauguin left Europe and moved to this tropical island.
Tahiti