Romanticism is a movement in art, literature and music of the early 1800's. Romanticism exalted the sublime beauty of nature, the artist's emotional, personal and imaginative faculties and individual genius and subjects that were sublime exotic, transcendental and mysterious. (Schlenoff 51) Ludwig Van Beethoven, John Keats and Theodore Gericault were three artists in this era that represent the common romanticism idea of emotion. Beethoven's ninth symphony and his piano sonata in F minor show his unique …showed first 75 words of 1247 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1247 total…Gericault were why these three artists are considered romantic. They all demonstrate a movement in art, literature or music all of whom added emotion good, or bad. They have and will continue to influence the direction that art takes today, tomorrow, and far in the future. "Art discloses to man an unknown realm, a world in which he leaves behind all definite feelings to surrender himself to an inexpressible longing"-E.T.A Hoffman. (Stanly 12)