Romanticism

Romanticism is a movement in arts and literature which originated in the late 18th century, during the French Revolution and also the Industrial Revolution. This was when people went from hand making things, to using machinery. However, romanticism made a point of emphasizing nature over industry.

The rise of Romanticism led to the rise of landscape art. It characterised literature, music, painting and architecture. Romanticism is linked with landscape and the sense of romance of the landscape features its spirit in full bloom. Romanticism is therefore, attitudes, ideas, and feelings which are romantic rather than realistic.

The Sublime

It is the idea of an ‘Internal’ photo, meaning ‘Emotional’ and an ‘External’ photo, meaning ‘Nature and the Environment’. The sublime is defined by Edmund Burk as art that refers to a greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement or imitation. It is both beautiful and terrifying in its power or potential darkness. Artists explored the sublime in depth through art. They used paintings and drawings of the imagination, however they could often turn into nightmares. Natural landscapes were mighty and nice to look at and people admired the aesthetics but they were always dangerous.