American Art & Literature

During the early nineteenth century, Enlightenment culture in Europe celebrated civilization, while American artists celebrated

• cities and the role of education.

• the wilderness and open spaces.

• reason and the realm of science.

• the importance of logic and order.

What inspired American artists in the early nineteenth century, making their work unique?

• the focus on corruption in society

• the embrace of European culture

• the influence of the natural world

• the importance of scientific thinking

Which American novelist is known for his tales of the American frontier, including The Last of the Mohicans?

• Walt Whitman

• Herman Melville

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Washington Irving

Which best describes the work of James Fenimore Cooper?

• He created Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman.

• He was a painter who exemplified the Hudson River School style.

• He wrote song-like poems celebrating the common man.

• He wrote novels that celebrated American Indian culture.

Which best describes the work of Washington Irving?

• He created Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman.

• He was a painter who exemplified the Hudson River School style.

• He wrote song-like poems celebrating the common man.

• He wrote novels that celebrated American Indian culture.

The romanticism movement influenced American art and literature in the nineteenth century. It focused on

• corruption in the natural world.

• responsibility and social order.

• the scientific method and orderliness.

• nature and the common people.

The romanticism movement could best be described as a

• rejection of transcendentalism.

• contrast to the Hudson River School.

• rejection of the classicism movement.

• contrast to portrayals of the common man.

How did Emily Dickinson reflect romanticism in her poetry?

• Dickinson wrote about everyday life in an unimaginative way.

• Dickinson wrote poems that addressed death and nature.

• Dickinson wrote poetry in an orderly and practical style.

• Dickinson wrote about responsibility and urban society.

Romantic author Edgar Allen Poe was known for

• inventing the detective story.

• celebrating American Indian culture.

• writing tales of the American frontier.

• celebrating the common person.

Transcendentalist artists believed that feeling and experience led to

• temporary understanding.

• chaos and disorder.

• true understanding.

• dishonor and corruption.