What is Romanticism?

Romanticism was from when a new generation of painters to create landscape art for its own sake, causing the form of art in the 1800s to become more hyper-realistic. This first movement was known as Romanticism, it emphasized emotions such as awe and rapture, leading to a deeper discovery probing into human emotion regarding out natural surrounds. Romanticism usually created the perfect conditions for landscape art, which would assume the highest position in the minds of wealthy art collector. Here are some example of Romanticism in photography and art:

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