1. The Polka still danced today By Heather Mandarino and Lisa Schwab

2. ROMANTICISM in visual arts (1800-1880) Historical Context France elects Louis Napoleon as president.  Czar Alexander II emancipates the serfs in Russia.  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels write the Communist Manifesto.  </div>

3.  The Emancipation Proclamation is written.  In the US, the Civil War and the California Gold Rush occur. </div>

4. Romantic Period Paintings Romantic Arts emphasized emotion, disasters, and self-expression.

5. Visionary Anarchist By William Blake

6. Impressionist Paintings ~ Late 1800's

7. The Bridge By Claude Monet

8. Ballerinas by Edgar Degas

9. The Railway by Edouard Manet, 1873

10. Impressionism Visual Arts • Began in France in the late 19th century • The artists often worked outdoors • The artists applied paint in small, brightly colored strokes • The effects of light are emphasized • Not as much detail or outline

11. Haymakers Resting by Camille Pissaro, 1891

12. Dance in the Romantic and Impressionist Period

13. Quadrille were line dances, alternating men and women (or four couples) facing each other in a square.

14. The Waltz

15. The Waltz revolutionized couple dances because it was a “closed dance” in which people danced arm in arm. Introduced in Germany at the end of the 18th century, waltz means tor roll or to turn in German. The Waltz then was used in France and England around 1812, and eventually to America. Not socially accepted when it first arrived in England, because of the couple’s close position, It was itweventually the most popular and enduring 19th century couple dance.

16. The Mazurka is a Polish folk dance from the province of Mosavia; like many 19th century couple dances, it then traveled to France and England by 1845, and lastly to America. The most virtuoso couple dance of the 19th century, its hops and strong steps retain their rustic origins, and the dance provides a medium for expression of male strength and virtuosity.

17. The Polka, a folk dance from Boehemia traveled to France, then England, and finally America. The Polka reached a height of crazed popularity in 1840’s Europe, and remained popular through the 1890’s.

18. Ballet was a popular dance form in 1800's

19. Following the Classical Period, ballet became a marriage of dynamic technique and dramatic storytelling. This was the birth of the story ballet. The Romantic Era was a time of fantasy, etherealism, supernaturalism and exoticism. The stories of the time dealt with issues of good vs. evil, man vs. nature and society vs. the supernatural. Women became the superstars of the ballet with the introduction of pointework, a style of dancing on the tip of the toes which gave the illusion of floating

20. Dramatic story-telling at the ballet