Movement · 1770s
Romanticism
An artistic and intellectual movement that began in Europe at the end of the 18th century, in reaction to the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. It prized feeling, imagination and intuition over order and reason, and revered nature and the past.
Where it came from, where it went
- This movement1770sRomanticism
- Led to1830sHudson River School
American landscape painters portrayed rivers, mountains, and wilderness on a grand scale.
- 1860sRealism
Artists depicted contemporary life and labor without idealizing their subjects.
Paintings
