Romanticism –eighteenth and nineteenth century  

Romantic wasn’t only about love or romance as the name implies but emotion in general. It was about personal expression. Romanticist artists were fascinated by human nature, their passions, struggles and moods and researched about them.

Not only being an art movement, it was also interpreted in poetry and music. A couple of famous works of romanticism are The hunchback of Notre dame and les Miserables, both by the French writer Victor Hugo.

Example:

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Wanderer Above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich,1818
“Conveys both the infinite potential and possibilities of man “ With the man standing in a confident manner on a high point gives the feel that he is ready to take on the world.
This painting also has a sense of mystery due to the fog hiding what lies beyond. 


 Romanticism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Romanticism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm. [Accessed 03 March 2013].