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: 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. Gothic Romance
The Romantics’ fascination for the mysterious and the unreal also led to the development of Gothic romance, which became popular during this period. Supernatural elements can also be seen in Coleridge’s Kubla Khan’, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and Keats’ La Belle Dame Sans Merci. As no Romantic artist followed any strict set of rules or regulations, it is difficult to define the characteristics of this movement accurately. Nevertheless, some of these characteristics are reflected in the works of that period. Though many writers and critics have called this movement “irrational”, it cannot be denied that it was an honest attempt to portray the world, especially the intricacies of the human nature, in a paradigm-shifting way.