Romanticism

The Rococo artistic style of the 18th century greatly reflected the leisure and extravagance of the reigning aristocracy of France, so much as to where many Rococo paintings exhibited the excess of such wealthy lifestyles. The advent of the Enlightenment, however, challenged the existence of the ruling class through its focus on the sovereignty of the individual. The philosophy of the Enlightenment eventually led to the French Revolution, which ousted the ruling aristocracy and in return created…

The portrait of Julia Foster Ward was done by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre in 1880. The medium is oil on canvas, it is 34 1/8” h x 27” w, it was made in the romanticism era and it is located in the Junior League Great Hall Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, Florida. It is part of the French culture in the 1836-1911 period. The museum purchase was done thanks to the funds donated by Mary Alice and Doyle Mc Clendon in 2008. Julia was born in 1857. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…

The Romanticism Period started in 1800 and ended around 1850. The elements were often individuality and personal freedom, nature, life, simplicity personification, and the poet's feelings. Edgar Allan Poe (poet), Richard Wagner (composer), and John Constable (Artist) were all famous artists during this time that used romantic characteristics in their work. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a writer, poet, and editor. Poe's tales of horror lead to many…

Portuguese” by Emily Elizabeth Browning have a few differing ideas about love. “The Eve of St. Agnes” by Keats was written in the Romanticism period. In the Romanticism period love was very private. None of the love between Porphyro and Madeline was seen in public. Once the two officially were together they moved away to a mysterious elfin wood. Also in the Romanticism period there was rarely any respect for one’s partner. On at least two occasions Porphyro shows his complete lack of respect for…

The Lady of Shallot Romanticism was a time in European history that was all about feelings and emotion rather than reason. This era was also considered to be a philosophical movement for people to become more emotionally self-aware to improve society. During the romanticism period, artists, authors, etc. took a different route, then how it was in the Neoclassical era. Artists chose to go in a more emotional, creative style for their creations. These artists also chose to display more…

concepts be proven or challenged, Romantics believed that people could be justified by simply having faith. Romanticism was embraced by Americans because its emphasis on self-reliance and idealizing the dignity of the common people. A famous Romanticist writer at the time was Edgar Allen Poe, one of his most well-known poems is “Annabel Lee.” In the poem there are several examples of Romanticism used, Poe…

The Romantic period was one of important periods, Romantic poems have amazing view for the nature and landscape, we also can use term Romanticism to describe particular period, Romantic or Romanticism start in late 1700s to 1820s , the France revolution and the great Napoleonic wars help to forming the Romantic, the most famous and important poets of Romanticism are Percy Bysshe Shelley( the young poet), Thomas DE Quincey and William Wordsworth , according to Ross, he sees that the Romantic…

First and foremost, Romanticism was an art movement in the nineteenth century in response to industrialism and the Neoclassical era. They rebelled against the sciences, reason and conformities of society and embraced qualities such as individualism, imagination, intuition, eccentricity, and emotion. A major component of Romanticism is nature. Romantics tend to incorporate nature in many of their works whether it be a painting or a poem. One could say that they were very raw artists. Inspiration…

be all delightful, powerful, and perfect. Previously, the inspiration for literature was law, order, and religion; now writers was capturing the imagination and the powerful emotions. This change in the attitude of writers and people is called Romanticism. The Romantic Development is a standout amongst an essential literary time frame ever; influencing the writing, music, and craft of the period. It supported spontaneity and acting with feelings, not basic common sense. In the more traditional…

in 1776, gave many artists new subjects to consider such as contradicting political views, economic actualization and strong cultural and social diversity. When these feelings were brought forth into works of art, the movement became known as Romanticism and the time of revolution and freedom was coined the term ‘the Romantic era’. This was an artistic, musical, and literary movement that “[depicted] emotional matter in an imaginative form” and “[emphasized] individualism;…