Romantic Movement


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Roman′tic Move′ment


n.
the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement to establish Romanticism in art and literature.
[1875–80]
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Noun 1. Romantic Movement - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
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