Title: An Intellectual Movement: Romanticism and Its Characteristics - Art Hearty
Headings: An Intellectual Movement: Romanticism and Its Characteristics
An Intellectual Movement: Romanticism and Its Characteristics
Romanticism
Emergence of the Romantic Movement
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Features of Romanticism
Literature and Romanticism
Love of Nature
Emotions Vs. Rationality
Artist, the Creator
The Romantic Perception of the Artist
Nationalism
Exoticism
Supernatural
Gothic Romance
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Content: The Industrial Revolution, which began during the same period, is also said to be responsible for the development of this movement. Did You Know? Would you like to write for us? Well, we're looking for good writers who want to spread the word. Get in touch with us and we'll talk...
Let's Work Together! Though Romantic elements had been present in art and literature for several centuries, it was the publication of ‘Lyrical Ballads’, a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in 1798 that ushered forth the Romantic period. Features of Romanticism
Literature and Romanticism
Literature was the first branch of art to be influenced by the waves of Romanticism, although the concepts remain the same in all the art forms. Love of Nature
The Romantics greatly emphasized on the importance of nature and the primal feelings of awe, apprehension and horror felt by man when in communion with the sublimity of it. This was mainly because of the industrial revolution, which had shifted life from the peaceful, serene countryside towards the chaotic cities, transforming man’s natural order. Nature was not only appreciated for its visual beauty, but also revered for its ability to help the urban man find his true identity.