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: Apart from poetry, adopting folk tunes and ballads was one of the very important characteristics of Romantic music. As the Romantics became interested and focused upon developing the folklore, culture, language, customs and traditions of their own country, they developed a sense of Nationalism which reflected in their works. Also, the language used in Romantic poems was simple and easy to understand by the masses. Exoticism
Along with Nationalism, the Romantics developed the love of the exotic. Hence, far off and mysterious locations were depicted in many of the artistic works from that period. Though this was not exactly apposite to the Romantic ideal of Nationalism, separate factions were never formed. Exoticism is also one of the most prominent characteristics in art, along with sentimentality and spirituality. Supernatural
An important characteristic of this movement is the belief in the supernatural. The Romantics were interested in the supernatural and included it in their work. Gothic fiction emerged as a branch of Romanticism after Horace Walpole’s 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto.