Romanticism- A reliving in the 21th century.
It emerged as a new flow where the individual’s feelings got more weight than reason, general truths and long-established rules and norms. Romanticism emerged as a reaction against the belief in reason, materialism and mechanical worldview that prevailed within the culture of the Enlightenment. Unlike the Enlightenment(the Digital Revolution 21th century) which emphasized reason, the Romantics asserted that it was the feeling that was the essence of life. Romanticism turned also against the rules of classicism(normcore). The rekindled Plato and Plotinus, and won adherents among mystics and emotional people. The study of the soul and metaphysical speculation combined with a new view of the artist as a creative genius(Raf Simmons) The forms, which have been strictly restricted and universal, dissolved and greater individuality allowed. Intellect importance waned in favor of the internal, subjective experience, imagination and feeling. During Romanticism arose both modern nationalism, orientalism(trend SS 16) and exoticism(Trend SS-16)












