Romanticism It was a reaction against the Enlightenment and yet akin in that
they both assumed life was designed for human happiness. However the
Enlightenment placed reason at the center of human acheivement.
Romanticismm distrusted the human intellect and placed its value on the
emotions and intuitive
qualities. The natural and spontaneous was deemed
good. The highest truths would be derived from the instantaneous of the
individual. It gloried in the unlimited potential of the individual.
There was an overall feeling of optimism and belief of a utopia.
Romanticism reinforced the emotionalism of the period and its philosophies
influenced the Transcendental movement.
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......
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