arts, european

An account of daily life, art, and religious strife in northern Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Brief biographies of five Europeans, discussing their backgrounds and cultures, and their contributions to the worlds of art and music.

Provides an overview of the political, social, and intellectual environment in which Romanticism emerged, introduces some of the poets of the age, identifies representative genres of prose and drama and their authors, looks at Romantic styles in art and music, and discusses the legacy of Romanticism. Includes biographical sketches, documents, and a selected bibliography.