ROMANTIC

By: Alex, Kayla , Jessica, Zane, Jordan. And

Ashton

1850-1920 C.E.• This was a time after the Classical period

and the Twentieth Century period.• Many of the composers based their

musical on the structures from the classical period.

• Music was also influenced from art, poems, literature and drama and nature.

• Music itself started influencing people and their lives.

INFLUENCES-Starting point was from classical forms such as the sonata and symphony.-Composers concern was on movement of the audience instead of themselves with the structural discipline. -Structures had new melodies, better harmonies, and more dissonance.

Important People

• Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 ( U.S. President)

• Mark Twain 1835-1910 (famous author)

• Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 (helped African-American slaves)

• Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 (campaigned for women’s right to vote

Inventions

• First railroad (1830)• Alaska was purchased

(1867)• Panama Canal built

(1881)• Statue of liberty

unveiled in New York (1886)

Architecture

Art of the Romantic Era

Art Characteristics• Heroism- believed the common man

could be a hero.• Individuality- was subjective other than

objective, romanticism gave artist a way to show individual ideas and emotions.

• Painted many landscapes, natural world was considered less a model of perfection and more a source of mysterious powers.

Sources

• http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-rom.htm

• http://cnx.org/content/m11606/latest/• http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/• http://

www.classicalscore.com/romanticperiod.htm