Question

Match the artist or philosopher with his work or idea.

Answer 1

1. George Rapp Created a community united around his religion (d)

2. Thomas Cole  Painted scenes of the American landscape (a)

3 Ralph Waldo Emerson  Essayist who led the transcendentalist movement (b)

4. Robert Owen Founded New Harmony, Indiana to promote his ideas (e)

5. Henry David Thoreau showed his inspiration from nature in his work Walden  (c)

Answer 2

1D. George Rapp, in the 1780s, gain a group of followers as the fownder of a united community – the Harmony Society- around his own religion based in his philosophy and literal interpretation of the New Testament.

2A. Thomas Cole was a painter in the mid 19th Century. He painted scenes and romantic portrayal of the American wilderness Lanscape at his own Hudson River School.

3B. Ralph W. Emerson was an American essayist, poet and philosopher who lived in in the mid 19th Century. He formulated and expressed the philosophy of trascendentalism in his essay Nature and next works.

4E. Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer and social reformer. In 1824 he travelled to America to invest all his fortune in a socialistic experimental communy at New Harmony, Indiana that lasted two years.

5C. Henry David Thoreau was another American essayist, poet and philosopher leader of the Trascendentalism. His best known work Walden, was a reflection about simple living in natural surroundings, first published in 1854.