Romanticism Movement

A Romanticism Movement is a cultural-philosophical movement that emphasizes emotion, imagination, and subjective experience over rational analysis and classical restraint.

• AKA: Romantic Movement, Romantic Period, Age of Romanticism, Romantic Philosophy, Romantic Cultural Movement.
• Context:
  • It can typically revolt against enlightenment rationalism, scientific mechanicism, and neoclassical aesthetics.
  • It can typically celebrate individual genius, natural sublime, and emotional authenticity.
  • It can typically value medieval heritage, folk traditions, and exotic cultures over classical models.
  • It can often inspire nationalist movements through emphasis on cultural particularity and volksgeist.
  • It can often promote artistic freedom from formal rules and genre conventions.
  • It can often seek spiritual transcendence through nature, art, and imagination.
  • It can range from being an Aesthetic Romanticism Movement to being a Political Romanticism Movement, depending on its primary domain.
  • It can range from being an Early Romanticism Movement to being a Late Romanticism Movement, depending on its historical phase.
  • It can range from being a Radical Romanticism Movement to being a Conservative Romanticism Movement, depending on its social implications.
  • It can range from being a Mystical Romanticism Movement to being a Natural Romanticism Movement, depending on its transcendent focus.
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• Examples:
  • National Romanticism Movements, such as:
    • German Romanticism Movement (1790s-1840s), including:
      • Jena Romanticism with Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis.
      • Heidelberg Romanticism collecting folk tales and songs.
      • Berlin Romanticism developing romantic irony.
    • British Romanticism Movement (1780s-1830s) featuring Lake Poets and Gothic Novels.
    • French Romanticism Movement (1820s-1850s) led by Victor Hugo and Romantisme.
  • Romantic Philosophy Schools, such as:
    • German Idealism linking to Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel.
    • Transcendentalism in American thought via Emerson and Thoreau.
    • Romantic Nationalism connecting culture to political identity.
  • Romantic Artistic Expressions, such as:
    • Romantic Poetry by Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
    • Romantic Music by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Wagner.
    • Romantic Painting by Friedrich, Turner, Delacroix, Goya.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Enlightenment Movement, which prioritizes universal reason over particular emotion.
  • Neoclassical Movement, which values formal restraint over expressive freedom.
  • Realist Movement, which depicts social reality rather than imaginative vision.
• See: Philosophical Movement, Cultural Movement, Counter-Enlightenment Philosophy, German Idealism, Romantic Nationalist Ideology, Sturm und Drang Movement, Gothic Revival, Nature Philosophy, Sublime Aesthetic Theory, Literary Movement.

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