The Romantic Movement in Art and Literature Web Quest



The Romantic Movement in Art and Literature Web QuestTeam _____________Team member _____________Use the links listed or research on your own to answer the following questions about the Romantic Movement of the 19th century. Each member of your team should have his or her own answer sheet. Each team member is responsible for submitting his/her own on google docs.Literature:Use the websites below to answer the following questions:1. In your own words define “Romanticism” (the literary sense please!).2. What are the 5 “I”s of romanticism?. How did British Romantic poet William Wordsworth describe poetry?4. What book is considered the beginning of literary romanticism?5. Who were this book’s authors?6. Cut and paste one stanza of a poem by one of its two authors.7. List three ways in which the Neo classical movement in the arts differs from the Romantic Movement.8. Name one work by each author.9. What famous stories did Washington Irving write?10. Cut and paste a picture of one of Irving’s famous characters.11. In what ways does Edgar Allan Poe fit the description of a Romantic writer (list two)?12. List 2 famous works by Nathaniel Hawthorne.13. What is Herman Melville’s most famous work? In one line, what is it about?14. What is the famous first line of this book?15. List two Transcendentalist writers of 19th century America.16. What did they believe? Use this website to help: Art17. Use the link below. Read the article about the Romantic Movement in the visual arts and in your own words create a working definition based on what you read. List 3 artists who were members of the “Hudson River School”.19. What was the subject matter of their painting?20. Visit the websites below. View the art and cut and paste one Neo Classical painting and one Romantic painting.. List three differences in the paintings.MusicFollow the link below and scroll to the slide titled: Musical Language.22. What are the characteristics of Romantic Music?23. List two Romantic composers.. Follow the link below and scroll to the Music section. Choose one of the musical selections listed in the radio blog box. Close your eyes and listen. draw a picture, write a poem or describe in 100 words or less how the music made you feel. If you draw a picture, take a picture of it and upload it into this document.Formative AssessmentRead one of the following texts online (all text are posted on my website): “The Devil and Tom Walker”Preface from Leaves of Grassfrom Song of Myself“I Hear America Singing”As a group, response to the following prompts in 3 paragraphs:Provide an objective summary of the textThe short story “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving is about...Analyze the theme of your text. What is the big idea/focus/lesson of your text? What quotes from the text support this theme?Explain how the text reflects the ideas of Romanticism. ................
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