Romanticism
A movement in the arts that flourished
in northern Europe and the USA during the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Romanticism is so varied in its manifestations that a
single definition is almost impossible. Romantic
artists turned away from intellectual disciplines and
placed importance on the imagination and individual
expression. Their paintings often depict grand
emotions such as fear, desolation, victory, and true
love. The movement had officially died out by the
mid-nineteenth century but romantic tendencies have
survived into the twentieth century in artistic
strains such as Expressionism and
Neo-Expressionism.
Representative painters:
Allston, Bierstadt, Blake, Church, Cole,
Constable, Cozens, Etty, Friedrich, Gericault, Goya,
Martin, Turner