Romanticism-Originated in the 19th Century -1800 to 1850 -Artistic, literary and intellectual movement -Backlash to the scientific radicalisation of Nature and to the age of enlightenment. It was expressed through music, literature and visual arts -Emphasised the nature of beauty -Romantics tended to believe that a close connection with nature was mentally and morally healthy -Intensified emotions felt when experiencing untamed nature -An escape from the modern realities (of the Industrial revolution and the industrialisation and so on) -Emphasis on individualism and the individuals imagination rather than following the classical notions in art -Free expression of the feelings of the artist - "The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" William Wordsworth -William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley are well known writers of the time period. |