Bridgeman Arts
Philipp Otto Runge - Silhouettes
Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) was driven by the vision of fusing visual art with poetry, music and architecture. Mainly, he expressed his universal ideas through fragile paintings, drawings and silhouettes, which is also the reason why...
Bridgeman Arts
Philipp Otto Runge - The Morning
In his famous paintings The Small Morning and The Large Morning (1808/1809), Philipp Otto Runge Runge gave apposite expression to the Romantic view of nature that was based on cyclical patterns of life. ""The Morning"" is elevating in...
Bridgeman Arts
Caspar David Friedrich - Still Landscapes
Caspar David Friedrich is mostly known for his allegorical landscapes, which typically feature contemplative silhouettes against night skies. Less known are his landscape paintings without figures, removing in a way the sublime effect...
The School of Life
Political Theory - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Are politicians destined to be corrupt, or is there hope for morality in the political world? Use the video to teach pupils Rousseau's theories behind corruption in Western civilization. The visuals help to further enhance understanding.
The School of Life
Goethe
No need to bargain with learners to investigate the life and works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Young philosophers view a short video that introduces them to his fascinating life and works.
The School of Life
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pantheist, romanticist, transciendentalist. Introduce young philosophers to the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a video that details his life, his ideas, and his essays.
TED-Ed
Everything You Need to Know to Read "Frankenstein"
It was a dark and stormy night in 1815 when Mary Shelley began drafting a ghost story in response to a competition suggest by Lord Byron. Find out more about Shelley, her life, and events that influenced what is called the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Romantic Landscape Painting: Lesson 2
This lesson will overview the visual style and issues of Romanticism and the Hudson River School. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Romantic Landscape Painting."
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Romanticism
AP History video with Tom Richey on the ideas of Romanticism in which Tom Richey explains the movement as a critique of the industrial ideals of progress favoring the values of nature, childhood innocence, emotion, religion and love....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People
This video spotlights "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugene Delacroix. View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting and its historical importance. [5:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Delacroix, the Death of Sardanapalus
This video spotlights "The Death of Sardanapalus" by Eugene Delacroix which is based on a story from the poet Lord Byron. View the picture and listen as two renowned art professors discuss the painting. [3:42]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gothic or Dark Romanticism: Lesson 2
This lesson will examine the term Dark Romanticism. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Gothic or Dark Romanticism."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Transition to Romanticism: Lesson 2
This lesson will explore the transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Transition to Romanticism."