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World History Review-Beam
Nineteenth Century
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History
9th Grade
01/11/2007

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Romanticism
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Philosophy which values emotion and nature over reason
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Charles Darwin
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Developed the theory of evolution
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Ludwig von Beethoven
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German romantic composer best-known for the "Fifth Symphony", "Fur Elise", and "Ode to Joy" from the "Ninth Symphony"
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Claude Monet
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French impressionist painter; famous for "Waterlillies"
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Classical composer who was a child prodigy and wrote such operas as "THe Magic Flute"
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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British romantic poet who died of fever while helping with the Greek independence movement
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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American architect who used the maxim, "Form follows function"
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impressionism
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art form which concentrates on fleeting impressions rather than static forms
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Albert Einstein
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Discovered the Theory of Relativity (E=MC2)
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Vincent van Gogh
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Dutch post-impressionist who cut off his ear and is famous for his painting, "The Starry Night"
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