What is romanticism:
Romanticism was an artistic movements that promoted nature and embracing your emotions in the end of the 18th century. It rejects classicalism and focused on nature and emotions. Romanticism in photography focused on landscapes including: coastlines, valleys, beaches, rocks etc. Before romanticism was the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was a product of enlightenment in the 1700-1800. Many artists and writers rejected it as they were a part of romanticism which disagreed with it.
5 elements of romanticism:
interest in the common man and childhood,
strong senses, emotions, and feelings
awe of nature
celebration of the individual
importance of imagination
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The Sublime:
The sublime was a theory put forward by the philosopher Edmund Burke in 1757, embracing our emotions and the natural world. He claims our emotions overwhelm us as we experience ‘the wonder of creation’ or an extraordinary experience. The sublime is said to be power that compels and destroys us, as well as restores out perspective of the world and its beauty. The sublime in photography made photographers focus of things such as: dramatic weather, seas, rocks, coastlines etc.
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