The Romantic Period is defined as a time of cultivated individualism, a belief that imagination is superior to reason, a fascination with youth and innocence, and a devotion to celebrating beauty and its truth.
In addition to our class work, read Lord Byron's poem, She Walks in Beauty; carefully consider its words and phrases and in a sentence or two, identify how the speaker defines beauty in order to organize your thoughts and begin brainstorming a working definition of beauty.
Assignment: What is beauty? Think like a Romantic poet and in an organized, structured response, compose a defintion of beauty that accurately reflects its reality. In this definition, reference the values and ideals of the Romantic Period, how you assigned value to the images you rated in class, Cameron Russell's TED talk on how images create and manipulate beauty, and Lord Byron's poem to support your definition.
Extra Credit: Make a collage of images that reflect your ideal of beauty to accompany your definition essay.
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