Lumen Learning
Lumen: Walden: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
This is the text and audio of Chapter 2.2 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It focuses on where he lived and what he lived for.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: 18th Century Resources Literature
Check out this incredible site full of resources and links to the world of literature in 18th-century Britain. This site holds the key to learning more about the authors, works, and topics of this time period.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Eighteenth Century Chronology
Find out more about eighteenth-century literature through this comprehensive chronology. This site is set up to take you from 1660 through to 1800.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
Curated OER
Romanticism
A brief overview and definitions of Romantic art charateristics and a list of example works (thumbnail pics included).
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: William Cullen Bryant and Philip Freneau
Two poems examining divinity and concluding that while God is benevolent, one appreciates God either through a romantic lens or a rationalist calculation. Poems are William Cullen Bryant's, "To a Waterfowl," and Philip Freneau's, "On the...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Honore Daumier
This site gives a look at some of Daumier's paintings. Shows them as thumnails (that can be enlarged) and comments on some of them.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Caspar David Friedrich
Biography of German Romantic painter Caspar Friedrich, including pictures of some of his paintings.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Literature: Romantic Poetry
This course outline offers resources for studying romantic poets such as Keats and Wordsworth and fiction writers such as Shelley and Scott.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook
A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.
Victorian Web
Victorian Web: Pre Raphaelites, an Introduction
Victorian Web offers a commentary on Pre-Rapaelite art and how to understand the symbolism in the paintings.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Naturalism (Literature)
Wikipedia offers several paragraphs of information on Naturalism in literature inspired by the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: 19th Century "Isms"
There are several politically driven "-isms" introduced and built on throughout the nineteenth century. Challenge studies with the help of this PowerPoint presentation to understand the details of each "-ism."
Hanover College
Hanover College: Images of Romantic Art
The Hanover College History offers several excellent images of Romantic Art. The site provides the year each one was created.
Other
T. L. Peacock: Biographical and Critical Excerpts
Very in-depth excerpts from various authors outlining Peacock's life and giving good insight into his works.
Other
Up Word: The First Book of Urizen
A verse-by-verse version of William Blake's (1757-1827 CE) First Book of Urizen is offered here at up Word. A lot of clicking, as each verse is a separate page. Not illustrated.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake
This is the full collection of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. Click on the title of the desired poem or series of poems.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Tour: Constable and Turner: British Landscapes
View a selection of paintings by English romantics Constable and Turner in the collections of the National Gallery. Tour has biographical and curatorial notes, along with detailed views of each painting.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Blake
This site features information on the life and work of William Blake.
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Eugene Delacroix
A short biography of Eugene Delacroix. Includes specific notes for many of his works, including "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi", though there is no reproduction of the painting.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Byronic Hero
A descriptive site about the term Byronic Hero as used by Lord Byron in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage". With background information about the origin of this idealized yet flawed hero.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. After being forced to wear a scarlet "A" and live on the outskirts of the colonial Puritan settlement, Hester Prynne struggles to...
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