What are the characteristics of the art form of romanticism?

Answer 1

The main characteristics of the romantic period are: 1). a closeness to nature 2). a love of folk culture, notable songs and stories 3). making of romantic love a law unto itself, transcending conventional morality 4). a greater freedom of expression in the arts 5). the pursuit of emotional rapture

Answer 2

Characteristics

In a basic sense, the term "Romanticism" has been used to refer to certain artists, poets, writers, musicians, as well as political, philosophical and social thinkers of the late 18th and early to mid 19th centuries. It has equally been used to refer to various artistic, intellectual, and social trends of that era. Despite this general usage of the term, a precise characterization and specific definition of Romanticism have been the subject of debate in the fields of intellectual history and literary history throughout the twentieth century, without any great measure of consensus emerging. Arthur Lovejoy attempted to demonstrate the difficulty of this problem in his seminal article "On The Discrimination of Romanticisms" in his Essays in the History of Ideas (1948); some scholars see romanticism as essentially continuous with the present, some see in it the inaugural moment of modernity, some see it as the beginning of a tradition of resistance to the Enlightenment-a Counter-Enlightenment-and still others place it firmly in the direct aftermath of the French Revolution. An earlier definition comes from Charles Baudelaire: "Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling."[3]

Many intellectual historians have seen Romanticism as a key movement in the Counter-Enlightenment, a reaction against the Age of Enlightenment. Whereas the thinkers of the Enlightenment emphasized the primacy of deductive reason, Romanticism emphasized intuition, imagination, and feeling, to a point that has led to some Romantic thinkers being accused of irrationalism.

Answer 3

A focus on exaltation. Romantics tend to see things in terms of ideals, as their subjects might and ought to be. Romantic music is dramatic and bold, intensely creative and seems to stem from a desire to "break" the mold, and dream bigger dreams than aesthetic styles of the past.

Answer 4

1 the rejection of the herioc couplet.

2 continuality of artificial neoclassic diction.

3 return to nature.

4 interest in humble humanity.

5 interest in middle age.

Answer 5

The Romantic Era of art lasted roughly 50 years, from 1800 to 1850. It is noted for it's use of emotional scenes in painting versus still life. It viewed nature itself as art.

Answer 6

Characteristics of American Romanticism include many aspects. The top characteristics include raw emotion, individualistic aspects, revolutionary ideas, and at times exotic.

Answer 7

wit and reason was central