History of Ideas: Romaticism (The School of Life video)

The video refers to Romanticism as "one of the most important historical events of all time". What exactly was Romanticism?

• A european war that pulled in other countries

• A new technology that sparked the Industrial Revolution

• A political event that led to revolutions around the world

• A new set of ideas, a mindset or way of feeling

Where and when did the Romanticism movement begin?

• Western Europe from around 1750

• Eastern Europe from around 1800

• Northern Europe from 1850

• Southern Europe from 1900

What did the philosopher Rousseau think of children?

• They should be seen and not heard

• They are a source of creativity, wisdom and genius

• They should obey their parents under all circumstances

• They need to attend school to find their place in the world

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What did Thomas Chatterton do which became a symbol of romanticism?

• He did what his parents told him to do

• He became a successful lawyer

• He poisoned himself because no one would publish his poetry

• He became one of the most famous poets in Europe

Which German novel, also about a young man who takes his own life, became a sensation across Europe for its message to follow your heart regardless of what others think?

• The Sorrows of Werther by Goethe

• Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge

• The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

• The Tin by Gunter Grass

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What is the name of this painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya which celebrates the power of the imagination?

• The Scream

• The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

• And they fight like wild beasts

• Saturn Devouring His Son

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Which part of England is connected with the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy?

• Peak District

• The New Forest

• The Yorkshire Dales

• The Lake District

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What does Wordsworth celebrate in his poetry?

• The Importance of Family

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Natural World

• Romantic Love and marriage

In Thomas Cole's painting of Niagara Falls and other landscapes in America, the human figures look tiny compared to the scenery. How might we describe this?

• The Ecstacsy

• The Sublime

• The Agony

• The Romance

According to the video, what makes the Houses of Parliament in London a building linked to romanticism?

• It rejects modernity and looks back to Medieval Architecture

• It is a place filled with love and romance

• It encourages democracy and human rights

• It is filled with handsome and sensitive young people