Romanticism

=** Romanticism ** = =By Jessie Brown =

**What is Romanticism?**
Romanticism is an artistic style where people expressed their feelings through passion in their creations. Romantics' views of the world are very rich which shows in their paintings. They thought of the world to be colorful and exciting instead of boring and empty like modern science portrayed it as. They enjoyed using color and techniques to show everyone how great the world is. Emotions were always expressed through this art since it's so unique because it is based off of passion.

**Primary Source:**
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818

This painting, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, was a creation from oil on a canvas. It is a romantic painting because of the background in this painting since it portrays the world as a mystery from all the fog, yet colorful and like it goes on forever. It's a very rich painting and the man in the painting is over-looking the world just like a romanticist would.

**Inspiration**
====The enlightenment was a massive inspiration to romanticism because it gave everyone a whole new great outlook on the world which made it so unique. Since it is so colorful and through it, opinions of the world are expressed, it made the citizens want to view more. Even though it is very unique, there were no special/ unique artistic tools used in making the art. The tools that were used were paint brushes, oils, other types of paint, canvases and more. The things typically painted with this form of art is nature with pretty colors and people outside doing something in the world. The painting above is a great example of that. A poet, novelist, and dramatist, named Victor Hugo, was such an important part of French Romanticism and a great poet as well. His work intrigued the French into romanticism which publicized it even more and helped the love of this form of art as well. He was also very known through politics and so he inspired more people to try and love romanticism. ====

**Why it Was Formed?**
====The enlightenment was a big part of why this new style of art was formed because peoples' beliefs always came through in their paintings. Painting was many peoples' ways of expressing their individualism and their knowledge. Romantics all were very expressive just like many artists these day are with their great works. A new form of art wasn't necessary and wasn't planned to be formed, it was just a coincidence. Once people started to create art about the Earth, a new trend had started. The Enlightenment didn't just cause new types of paintings, romanticism can be portrayed in music and in writing as well. The most popular art in romanticism is obviously painting with literature following and music last since it's the hardest to portray as romantic. This new form of art appealed to the urban setting because it helped the people get a great look at nature while they are stuck in a city of busy people all around them and factories intruding on where they live. It was also an outlet for urban people to express what they see in their world. ==== 

**The Response**
====Romanticism was greatly accepted; however, it didn't affect too many things outside of the subject of art. It didn't have such a big impact that it changed peoples' everyday life if they were involved in the art or not. Artists strived to portray how great nature is through a picture, song, and/or story and they accomplished their goals very well. Romanticism became very popular from publication of the works and communication of the newest form of art. Now, of course people make art that's like romanticism but isn't compared to it since it's not as popular now. Passion and views of nature were the key points of romanticism and they were well portrayed when it was formed and since then. ==== 

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