Introduction to Romanticism and Transcendentalism

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.

Transcendentalist artists believed that feeling and experience led to

• temporary understanding.

• chaos and disorder.

• true understanding.

• dishonor and corruption.

Who is considered the "father" of Transcendentalism?

• Thomas Cole

• Margaret Fuller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• William Lloyd Garrison

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

• nature is "just there"

• nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is unstable and changes too much

• nature is the origin of evil

A big characteristic about Henry David Thoreau is his beliefs in:

• Communism.

• Capitalism.

• Spiritism.

• Transcendentalism.

Who is associated with transcendentalism?

• Washington

• Thoreau

• Grant

• Lee

Transcendentalism encourages:

• following the rules

• being like everyone else

• joining the majority opinion

• not conforming to what others do and say

The Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and free thought.

• True

• False

Transcendentalists believed in:

• the Power of the Government

• the Power of Technology

• the Power of the Individual

• the Power of God

Led transcendentalism

Writer

Believed in Individualism

Wrote "Nature" depicting the American landscape and nature

• Thomas Cole

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• John James Audubon