Romantisicm
The Context of Romanticism
Vishwa Gulati
English(hons) IIIrd year
10/0832
Introduction
Romanticism is an art form that has been around since ancient times although it is more formally recognized as an artistic style in early nineteenth century. The term Romanticism applies to many different forms of art, including literature. When using the term in relation to the art, there is usually an emphasis on the passionate or violent. There are also fewer rules then other styles and the artwork can be created quickly and show powerful human feelings. Romantic artists may also distort the shape of their subjects. Buildings and landscapes are often depicted as magical or mysterious. Nature is often depicted as being unpredictable and violent.
The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on people's universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the late 19th century and early 20th century with the growing dominance of Realism in the literature and the rapid advancement of science and technology. However, Romanticism was very influential during its time.
The movement was extremely popular in literature. In America, Romanticism was defined by the "five I's:" inspiration, intuition, innocence, imagination, and inner experience. These tenets gave rise to many Romantic writers, who stressed the innate goodness of man, favored the individual over the group, revered nature, and rebelled against political authority. Thus, the Romantic hero-youthful, innocent, intuitive, in touch with nature and out of touch with civilization-was created These authors were met with some resistance by the Dark Romantics, which declared humans inherently evil and acknowledged guilt and sin. But all Romantics believed in signs and symbols in human and natural events and considered intuition the superior of logic and reason. Nature was also a particularly common subject and is consistently used
Vishwa Gulati
English(hons) IIIrd year
10/0832
Introduction
Romanticism is an art form that has been around since ancient times although it is more formally recognized as an artistic style in early nineteenth century. The term Romanticism applies to many different forms of art, including literature. When using the term in relation to the art, there is usually an emphasis on the passionate or violent. There are also fewer rules then other styles and the artwork can be created quickly and show powerful human feelings. Romantic artists may also distort the shape of their subjects. Buildings and landscapes are often depicted as magical or mysterious. Nature is often depicted as being unpredictable and violent.
The Romantic era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using emotion and nature; the poets and their works shed light on people's universal natures. Romanticism as a movement declined in the late 19th century and early 20th century with the growing dominance of Realism in the literature and the rapid advancement of science and technology. However, Romanticism was very influential during its time.
The movement was extremely popular in literature. In America, Romanticism was defined by the "five I's:" inspiration, intuition, innocence, imagination, and inner experience. These tenets gave rise to many Romantic writers, who stressed the innate goodness of man, favored the individual over the group, revered nature, and rebelled against political authority. Thus, the Romantic hero-youthful, innocent, intuitive, in touch with nature and out of touch with civilization-was created These authors were met with some resistance by the Dark Romantics, which declared humans inherently evil and acknowledged guilt and sin. But all Romantics believed in signs and symbols in human and natural events and considered intuition the superior of logic and reason. Nature was also a particularly common subject and is consistently used