Definition – “a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasising inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual” – Oxford dictionary 

Fact file

• The romanticism movement began in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, one of the aims of the movement was to appreciate the nature in society which is why the paintings and photos were all of landscapes, as well as culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. 

• Romanticists showed several key themes to which they were deeply connected to: an admiration for nature and the supernatural, as well as an idealisation for the past, they thought of it as a Nobel era, they also had a fixation with the mysterious and exotic, As they celebrated the heroic and the sublime. 

• The basic characteristics of romanticism is that it places freedom on the artists to express their ideas. 

The Sublime – The romantics viewed the sublime as a “realm of experience beyond the measurable” that is beyond rational thought, that arises chiefly from the terrors and awe-inspiring natural phenomena – Wikipedia 

JMW Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner ( 23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851 ) was an English romantic painter and printmaker. 

Turner entered the royal academy of art in 1789 when he was only 14 years old. Turner showed an early interest in architecture, his first watercolour painting of the archbishops palace, Lambeth was accepted for the royal academy summer exhibition in 1790 when Turner was only 15 years old.  

This was the first water colour image that was produced by Turner ( exhibited in 1790 )

John Constable

John Constable ( 11 June 1776 – 31 march 1837 ) an English romantic landscape painter. In 1799 Constable convinced his father to let him pursue a career in art and he joined the Royal Academy schools as a probationer, attending life classes and studied and copied old masters. 

Some of Constable’s work

“In 1802 he refused the position of drawing master at Great Marlow Military College (now Sandhurst), a move which Benjamin West (then master of the RA) counselled would mean the end of his career.” – from wikipedia 

My Images linking to Romanticism

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I have linked these images to romanticism by trying to make the sky look at bit more stormy and moody as I know during that time they liked the fact that it was scary but it was just cool to see what nature could do.

I particularly like this image because the sky looks the best, and its the cool sky compared to the sort of calm of the potato field

I have edited this image by:

The way i have made the sky in my images different to the way that the rest of the image was is I created a mask over the sky which allowed me to edit it separately to the rest of image making them more moody and dramatic