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[[Image:JWW1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[John William Waterhouse]]'s ''The Lady of Shalott'', 1888.]]

[[Image:JWW1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[John William Waterhouse]]'s ''The Lady of Shalott'', 1888.]]

'''Romanticism''' was an innovative artistic, musical and literary movement in the 1800s which emphasized expressed thoughts, feelings, and nature. The Romantic period of art was also a period of rebirth for religious philosophy.  Romanticism was a [[conservative]] backlash against the [[atheist]]ic aspects of the [[Enlightenment]].

'''Romanticism''' was an innovative artistic, musical and literary movement in the 1800s which emphasized expressed thoughts, feelings, and nature. The Romantic period of art was also a period of rebirth for religion.  Romanticism was a [[conservative]] backlash against the [[atheist]]ic aspects of the [[Enlightenment]].

The term "Romanticism" was coined because it originated in European regions of the "Romance Languages", namely French, Spanish and Italian. German and British Romanticism followed soon after. Other countries such as [[America]] and [[Canada]] also had Romantic art movements. Romanticism is contrasted with [[Neoclassical|Neo-Classicism]], a movement that preceded it.

The term "Romanticism" was coined because it originated in European regions of the "Romance Languages", namely French, Spanish and Italian. German and British Romanticism followed soon after. Other countries such as [[America]] and [[Canada]] also had Romantic art movements. Romanticism is contrasted with [[Neoclassical|Neo-Classicism]], a movement that preceded it.