Exam 15: The Romantic Age

A basic tenet of Romanticism is __________.

A composition for solo voice with piano accompaniment and poetic text is called a __________.

Discuss how the philosophy of individual freedom and direct connection to the divine can be seen in Romantic works.Choose two works in any medium and compare and contrast how the idea of personal freedom is manifested.

In general,Romanticism emphasizes __________.

The work of Géricault frequently emphasizes human struggles against the forces of __________.

Melodrama combined theatre and __________.

Romantic architecture revived __________ motifs,as seen on the British Houses of Parliament.

Richard Wagner's idea of a comprehensive work of art combining music,poetry,and scenery under a single concept is called a __________.

Hegel believed that __________ art "reaches the highest level that sensuous,imaginative material can correctly express."

The period from the 1830s to 1901 is frequently called the __________ Age.

Richard Strauss's compositions draw inspiration primarily from __________.

Choose a Romantic work in any medium.Discuss how it deals with the idea of revolution,either in the political sense or in the sense of a break with aesthetic tradition.

The cycle of love poems called "Black Venus" was written by Edgar Allan Poe.

__________ refers to "light entertainments" inserted into a ballet.

The emergent middle-class favored a __________ economic policy,arguing "Let people do as they please" without interference from government.

The most famous example of Romantic architecture is the __________.

The paintings of J.M.W.Turner foreshadow aspects of twentieth-century painting.

Opera buffa is a type of __________ opera.

Brahms replaced Latin liturgy with texts from the __________ in his A German Requiem.

The plays of William __________ became popular again in the nineteenth century.