Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romanticism, or the Romantic movement, was a movement, or style of art, literature and music in the late 18th and the early 19th century in Europe.
The movement believed that feelings, imagination, nature, human life, freedom of expression, individualism and old folk traditions, such as legends and fairy tales, were important.[1] It was a reaction to the aristocratic social and political ideas of the Age of Enlightenment and of the Industrial Revolution.[1][2]
It was also a reaction against turning nature into mere science.[2]
The movement showed most strongly in arts like music and literature. However, it also had an important influence on historiography,[3] education,[4] and natural history.[5]
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United Kingdom
British Romanticism was notable, as the United Kingdom was an early adopter of industrialization and science. It included figures like the following:
Germany
During the same period as in Britain, a notable Romantic movement occurred in Germany. Important motifs were travel, nature, and Germanic myths. It included figures like the following:
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