Romanticism

Romanticism Lanouette on the topic:
 * an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement
 * originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century
 * at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850
 * partly a reaction to the confines of the Industrial Revolution
 * the events of and ideologies that led to the French Revolution planted the seeds
 * was in part an escape from modern realities
 * a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment
 * a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature
 * places strong value on emotion, such as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe—especially that which is experienced in confronting the sublimity of untamed nature and its picturesque qualities: both new aesthetic categories.
 * elevated folk art and ancient custom to a noble status, made spontaneity a desirable characteristic
 * escape from population growth, urban sprawl, and industrialization
 * harnessing the power of the imagination to envision and to escape.
 * rooted in the German Sturm und Drang movement
 * prized intuition and emotion over the rationalism of the Enlightenment
 * assigned a high value to the achievements of 'heroic' individualists and artists
 * vouched for the individual imagination as a critical authority
 * freedom from classical notions of form in art

Ex. Liberty Leading the People Delacroix
 * movement that emphasized inspirations, imagination, and EMOTION

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-Victoria Maggay