The Romantic Period

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1774	Thomas Gainsborough	Thomas Gainsborough is an English painter, and considered to be one of the great masters of landscape painting and portraiture. Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, Suffolk on May 14, 1727, and he showed his artistic ability at an early age. While painting and etching in London, Gainsborough studied with French engraver Hubert Gravelot. Because of Gravelot, who had been a trainee of the great French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau, Gainsborough came under Watteau’s influence.
05/30/1789	French Revolution	May 1789 marks the beginning of the French Revolution, which would have great impact on the ideals and art of the Romantic Period.
01/01/1793	Major Events	1793: France declares war on England.
01/01/1798	Lyrical Ballads	In 1798, William Wodsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads, marking what most scholars consider the beginning of the Romantic Period.
01/30/1800	Opera: Wagner and Verdi	The world of opera is dominated by two giants, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. They take the forms of the early 19th century opera and use them to create powerful and dramatic masterpieces. Verdi never abandons the basic elements of the Italian operatic tradition of expressive melody and vital rhythm; he infuses them with new dramatic truth. Wagner's works break with the operatic tradition of individual musical numbers.
01/01/1801	Major Events	1801: Act of Union creates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
01/01/1812	Major Events	1812: US declares war on Britain.
01/01/1813	Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice	Jane Austen begins her second novel, Pride and Prejudice, before she turns 21. It was originally titled First Impression because the appearances of the characters created the plot of the novel. However, because the novel is also concerned with the effects of the character’s first impressions, that is, their prejudice, Austen found the title Pride and Prejudice more appropriate. Pride and Prejudice, similar to other Austen novels, is written in gentle or Horacian satire.
01/30/1818	Frankenstein	Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, publishes Frankenstein. The work is still considered one of the greatest Gothic romances.
01/30/1818	Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer	The painting, by Caspar David Friedrich, hangs today Hamburg, Germany. The title translates to "Wanderer Over a Sea of Fog." The image is often interpreted as an intentional contradiction, representing both the importance of the man against the landscape, and the relative smallness of the man against nature's vast size.
01/30/1819	Don Juan	Don Juan, a poem in seventeen cantos by Lord Byron, is both highly criticised for 'immoral content' and yet massively popular upon publishing. The poem is the first and among the greatest examples of the Byronic Hero, a distinctive protagonist defined by his great passions, extreme talent, and deep character flaws. While Byron considered himself the personification of his hero, he also inspired the creation of the classic vampire; a disturbed aristocrat, who charms everyone he meets.
01/30/1820	Prometheus Unbound	Percy Bysse Shelley publishes his greatest drama, Prometheus Unbound, in 1820. Prometheus Unbound is the product of Shelley trying to create a combination of beautiful language with apocalyptic political visions.
01/01/1825	John Constable	In John Constable's landscapes there is a greater harmony between people in their surroundings. (This can be seen in Leaping Horse, 1825.)
01/14/1831	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Victor Hugo publishes The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a work so overwhelming in its popularity that it inspires an entire historical preservation movement in Paris. After the work was published, major renevations took place on the cathedral of Notre Dame, many of which give it its current appearance.
02/01/1834	Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses	Franz Liszt first appears as a mature and artistic composer with the Harmonies, written for piano. Though a large portion of his work was created after the end of the Romantic Period, Franz Liszt was heavily influenced by Romantic ideals, and his music and poetry reflect the ideas and styles of the time.
06/28/1838	Coronation of Queen Victoria	The general consensus among literary scholars today is that the Romantic Period clearly ended upon Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/30/1768 to 01/30/1775	Sturm und Drang	A German, proto-Romantic movement. It emphasized the same principles of free emotion and opposition to the rationalist ideals of the time.
01/01/1798 to 06/28/1838	Romantic Era	Sources of Inspiration: -Examination of inner feelings, emotions; imagination -Literature of the Middle Ages Attitudes and Interests: -Idealistic -Interested in the mysterious and supernatural -Sought to develop new forms of expressions -Tended towards excess and spontaneity Social Concerns: -Desired radical change -Favored democracy -Concerned with the common people and the individual -"Nature should be untamed"