Romantic Movement

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the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.

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Origin of Romantic Movement

First recorded in 1875–80

However, a painter whose work is influenced by the romantic movement can work today.
The Eyes Have It|Blake Gopnik|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The new romantic movement already referred to lays much stress on a rapid succession of exciting incidents.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism|F. V. N. Painter
Scott was the great leader of the romantic movement both in poetry and in fiction.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism|F. V. N. Painter
The romantic movement, with Gricault, Bonington and Delacroix, was gaining favour.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various

He anticipates and gives complete expression to one half of the Romantic movement.
English Literature: Modern|G. H. Mair
But we have seen how, in the Renaissance and the Romantic Movement, individualism supplanted these values.
Preaching and Paganism|Albert Parker Fitch