Romanticism in America and Britain
Romanticism
- idealized nature- a lost Eden
- strong emotions- anger, grief, passion and joy
- emotion over intellect
The Hay Wain
by John Constable
nationality: English
The Slave Ship
by JMW Turner
nationality: English
The Oxbow
by Thomas Cole
nationality: American
"Every creature is better alive than dead, men
and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve
its life than destroy it.
Henry David Thoreau, American Romantic poet
* other poets of the Romantic era: Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Wordsworth, and Emerson
* composers: Chopin and Beethoven
Portrait of Lord Byron
by Thomas Phillips
nationality: English
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
by John Constable
nationality: English
The Harbor at Dieppe
by JMW Turner
nationality: English
Youth
from the Voyage of Life
by Thomas Cole
nationality: American
The White Cloud, Chief of the Iowas
by George Catlin
nationality: American
Manhood
Sierra Nevada
by Albert Bierstadt
nationality: America
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