Romanticism
Romanticism was fist starting to take place after the French
revolution of 1789 and first started to gain attention around late 18th
century in France and Britain and carried on into the 19th century. Different
countries started to show different characteristics and thoughts about Romanticism
most of which where the rejection of order and the system. Instead they started
to show importance to strong emotions such as apprehension and awe, also they
showed great importance to the imagination. The industrial revolution also
helped prompt romanticism as ugly buildings where being built which made people
want to return to the beautiful neo- gothic buildings. Romanticism had many
thoughts and themes some of which are tragedy, rebellion, horror, exotic, mystic
and historical scenes.
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