Title: Defining Romanticism in the Arts - dummies
Headings: Defining Romanticism in the Arts
Defining Romanticism in the Arts
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Content: and Frankenstein, by 18-year-old British writer Mary Shelley. All three works are outcries against man’s inhumanity to man. To drive home the point, the writers magnify the inhumanity so we can see it better. They do this by directing it against outcasts: a hunchback, an ex-convict, and a manmade monster. The more of an outsider someone is, the more people abuse that person. The Romantic period was the first time in history that art focused on teaching people to care about each other. In this sense, Romanticism was “art with a heart.” Romantic artists were also concerned with promoting individual liberty, ending slavery, and supporting democratic and independence movements, like the Greek war for independence from Turkey and the nationalism movement in Italy. To promote democracy in England, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (husband of Mary) said to his countrymen in “Song to the Men of England:”