Romanticism

Unlike what that name suggests, the word Romanticism has nothing to do with romance. It is more of a philosophical movement created by artists in Western cultures about how they thought of themselves and their surroundings. Romanticism started in the late eighteenth Century,and it is also called the "Age of Revolutions". This being that the American Revolution taking place in 1776 and the French Revolutions taken place in 1789, both played a big part of this Era. Very artistically emotional people could be seen in this era, making it the era of varied thoughts. Artists would paint about natural disasters, death, punishment, war and rebellion, how they see them, making the painting raw and full of emotion.
Artists that involve themselves in the romanticism era were called Romantics. These embraced the unknown such as the human body's mysteries, philosophy and even geographical aspect of the world. In fact, nature was a big aspect in this era, featuring a lot in a lot of art works associated with romanticism.








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