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Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818
Romanticism – 6 Interesting Facts
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1. Romanticism is, by nature, undefinable.
2. Romanticism is the opposite of neoclassicism.
3. Romantic works yearned for the past.
4. Romantic paintings often featured natural disasters.
5. Eugène Delacroix was the leader of French Romanticism.
6. Romanticism gave rise to schools and other movements.
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Content: Instead, the era “romanticizes” humans as arbiters of liberty, heroism, and ideals. Romantic works are better defined by their rejection of neoclassical beliefs. They praised emotion over thought, spiritualism over science, nature over industrialization, rusticity over wealth, and freedom over authority. Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818
3. Romantic works yearned for the past. Romanticism originated in Germany where modernization caused “Weltschmerz” (world weariness). Many wished to return to bygone eras where life was simple and peaceful. Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed man was born good, but made evil by society. He inspired a “back-to-Eden” campaign where people can return to nature and be their “true” selves. 4.