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1. Romanticism
   Artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions. Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literatu...
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2. romanticism
   [n] - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization 2. [n] - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) 3. [n] - impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
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3. Romanticism
   - a style of art that flourished in the early nineteenth century. It emphasized the emotions in a bold and dramatic manner. Romantic artists produced idealised pictures of nature in its untamed state, or other exotic settings filled with dramatic action,
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4. Romanticism
   Term in use by 1812 (eg by poet Coleridge) to distinguish new forms of art and literature from classical tradition. Romantic art placed new emphasis on human psychology and expression of personal feeling and on interest in and response to natural world. This complex shift in artistic attitudes at he...
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5. Romanticism
   Ro·man'ti·cism noun [ CF. Italian romanticismo , French romantisme , romanticisme .] A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the prod...
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6. romanticism
   A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medival forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style. 'He [Lessing] may be s...
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7. Romanticism
   Romantic Movement noun a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; `Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality`
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8. romanticism
   noun impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
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9. romanticism
   noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
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10. Romanticism
    • (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
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11. Romanticism
    attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in ... [81 related articles]
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12. romanticism
    romanticism 1. The quality of being romantic or having romantic inclinations. 2. Impractical romantic ideals and attitudes. 3. An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure). 4. A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries which celebrated nature rather than civilization.
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13. romanticism
    the late 18th-century, early 19th-century period of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron.
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14. Romanticism
    An artistic style that dominated or influenced much of European art through most of the nineteenth century. With an emphasis on emotional expression, the movement embraced the art of the Gothic period. Eventually responsible for the great Neo-Gothic building period of the later years of the century.
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15. Romanticism
    Literary period in England between 1770 and 1850. Some literary critics consider the beginning of romanticism in the year of William Wordsworth´s publication of Lyrical Ballads. Romanticism is determined by an increased interest in Nature, especially the beauty of wild, untouched and unspoilt natur...
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16. romanticism
    romanticism, term loosely applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and 19th cent.Sections in this article:IntroductionCharacteristics of RomanticismRomanticism in LiteratureRomanticism in the Visual ArtsRomanticism in MusicBibliography
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17. Romanticism
    As a general philosophical movement, romanticism is best understood as the initial phase of German Idealism, serving as a transition from Kant to Hegel, and flourishing chiefly between 1775 and 1815. It is associated primarily with the Schlegel brothers, Novalis, Fried, Schelling, and Schleiermacher...
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18. Romanticism
    (art and literature) In literature and the visual arts, a style that emphasizes the imagination, emotions, and creativity of the individual artist. Romanticism also refers specifically to late-18th- and early-19th-cent...
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19. Romanticism
    (music) In music, the period from about 1810 to around 1910 – that is, after the classical period. Classical composers had tried to create a balance between expression and formal structure; Romantic composers altered this balance by applying more freedom to the form and structure of t...
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20. Romanticism
    a portrayal of life as the writer wishes it could be--more adventurous, fantastic, and picturesque.
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21. Romanticism
    1.A literary and artistic movement of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, aimed at asserting the validity of subjective experience as a countermovement to the often cold formulas of Neoclassicism; characterized by intense emotional excitement and depictions of powerful forces in nature, ...
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22. Romanticism
    A European movement of the late eighteenth to mid nineteenth century. In reaction to neoclassicism, it focused on emotion over reason, and on spontaneous expression. The subject matter was invested with drama and usually painted energetically in brilliant colors. Delacroix, Gericault, Turner, and Blake were Romantic artists.
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23. Romanticism
    `Romanticism` (or the `Romantic Era` or the "`Romantic Period"`) was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the accessdate=2010-08-24-->--> In part, it was a revolt against aristoc...
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