It started towards the end of the 18th century. It was at its best in the period around 1800 to the 1900 during a period of a lot of revolutions. It originated in Europe. Though it wasn’t grounded in France nor Italy. It was a movement which spread all across Europe to even later on the United States. It started a revulsion against established values such as; social order, though emphasized means of artistic and intellectual movement.
It is a very wide spread and diverse means of intense personal expression. It wasn’t merely a visual-art movement but also poetical, musical and so on. Romanticism delved in individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, emotions and nature. The main focus of ramanticism was on emotion not reason and senses over intellect. Using the artist’s imagination, he could escape the established rules which were too strict, formal and traditional. To be able to explore nature, their passions, their moods, mental potentials and so on in how they perceived it and not how it actually looked realistically but still capturing the essence within. Using this method of expression in arts they investigated human nature and personality, the remote, the occult and so on.
Romanticism was an art with a heart which means it thought people to care about one another while also focusing on individuality and freedom. Not bound or enslaved by the norms of society and the narrow mindedness of organized religion which were too strict and hypocritical. Having the right to have your say supporting the democratic and independence movement.
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