Romanticism - Wikipedia Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century
Romanticism | Definition, Art, Era, Traits, Literature, Paintings . . . Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century
Romanticism Movement Overview | TheArtStory The tenets of Romanticism, emphasizing the primacy of the individual, and, within that individual, the power of the subjective imagination and feeling, became the bedrock of much of modern culture
Romanticism - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Romanticism, first defined as an aesthetic in literary criticism around 1800, gained momentum as an artistic movement in France and Britain in the early decades of the nineteenth century and flourished until mid-century
Romanticism - New World Encyclopedia In a general sense, Romanticism refers to several distinct groups of artists, poets, writers, musicians, political, philosophical and social thinkers, and trends of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Europe
Romanticism Art - An Overview of the Romantic Movement Romanticism was a natural reaction against the strict, dogmatic rules of the Neoclassical period In the face of Enlightenment ideals that valued rational thought and logic, Romantic artists emphasized emotionality, uncontrollable nature, and the subjectivity of each individual
Romanticism - National Gallery of Art Romanticism Romanticists, who placed emotion and intuition before reason, caused a re-evaluation of the role of art and the artist They believed in the importance of the individual, the personal, and the subjective
What is Romanticism? Exploring the 19th-Century Movement Major themes of Romanticism included a love of nature, a focus on emotions and the individual, an interest in the supernatural and the mysterious, an appreciation of the past and of the exotic, and a celebration of the imagination
What is Romanticism? - National Trust Romanticism may be best understood not as a movement but as a mindset The artists, poets and musicians of the Romantic period were united by their determination to use their art to convey emotion or provoke an emotional response from audiences
Romanticism – Smarthistory Romanticism Style that sought to respond to the upheavals of the era with line, color, and brushwork that was more physically direct and emotionally expressive