2. Romanticism A movement in European and American art and literature lasting from about 1800 to about 1860.

3. Characteristics of Romanticism Profound love of nature Focus on the self, individual Fascination with the supernatural (gothic) Yearning for the picturesque and exotic Idealism

4. Profound love of nature expressed in its sublime beauty

5. Focus on the self, especially passionate or bizarre emotions

6. Fascination with the supernatural

7. Yearning for the picturesque and exotic

8. “The Wanderer” Caspar David Friedrich

10. Idealism, especially for liberty and equality

11. Before Romanticism, the artistic movement of the Enlightenment was Classicism.

12. Romanticism vs. Classicism Around 1800 to 1860’s Emotionalism Dynamic universe Subjective reality Art based on individual expression 1700’s Rationalism Static universe Objective reality Art based on logical rules, like laws of nature

13. Romanticism vs. Classicism