Period 5 Team 1 Victorian Era Synthesis Question

The Romantic period was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement of the late 1700’s. This period was a precursor to the following Victorian period because the knowledge and art gained and created during the Romantic period helped educate and influence the thinkers and writers of the Victorian era. As the common people also became enlightened by the values and philosophies of the Romantic era, they were thus more receptive and encouraging of the new ideas presented during the Victorian period, such as Darwin’s theories on human evolution. Also, the Victorian period was a prosperous era, due mostly in part to the Industrial Revolution that began during the Romantic period. This new found wealth allowed these artists, writers and thinkers the freedom, ability, and funds necessary to take their respective crafts to the next level. As a result of the standards set by the Romantic period, a much more sophisticated, cultured, and proper era, which was exemplified by the ruling monarch Queen Victoria, began to take root at the forefront of British life. The precedent set by the Romantic era allowed for the Victorian artists, writers, and thinkers to pick up right where the Romantics left off and expand and evolve even further.

By John Farnworth, Fedor Kossakovski, Justin Cornford and Charles Salumbides