AP European History / Unit 5: Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century

5.8 Romanticism

3 practice questions

Notes

Romanticism (late 1700s–1800s) reacted against Enlightenment reason, emphasizing emotion, nature, the past and national identity. Writers: Wordsworth, Goethe, Byron. Painters: Delacroix, Friedrich.

Practice

Romanticism emphasized:

Romanticism often encouraged:

Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People celebrates:

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