Essay Archive - Romanticism in the 19th Century
Romanticism in the 19th Century
Romanticism began in the early 19th century and radically changed the
way people perceived themselves and the state of nature around them. Unlike
Classicism, which stood for order and established the foundation for
architecture, literature, painting and music, Romanticism allowed people to
get away from the constricted, rational views of life and concentrate on an
emotional and sentimental side of humanity. This not only influenced
political doctrines and ideology, but was also a sharp contrast from ideas
and harmony featured during the Enlig....
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