- Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and emphasized emotion, imagination, and individualism. It promoted nature, the importance of the imagination, and the use of emotion over scientific thought.
- Some of the major figures of the Romantic period included William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Walter Scott. Their famous works explored themes of nature, emotion, and the supernatural.
- Romanticism also influenced visual arts like paintings that focused on landscapes and emotions. Artists included John Constable and J.M.W. Turner in England and Caspar David Friedrich in Germany.