Romanticism was a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and also a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature. Romanticism was also influenced by Sturm und Drang, a German Counter-Enlightenment movement that emphasized subjectivity and intense emotion.

Neoclassicism is the term for movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. Its subject matter usually relates to either Greco-Roman history or other cultural attributes, such as allegory and virtue.

Key Ideas & Accomplishments. Neoclassical art arose in opposition to the overly decorative and gaudy styles of Rococo and Baroque that were infusing society with a vanity art culture based on personal conceits and whimsy.

What are five elements of romanticism?

• Belief in the individual and common man.
• Love of (reverence for) nature.
• Interest in the bizarre, supernatural and gothic.
• Interest in the past.
• Looks at the world with more than reasonable optimism (rose-colored glasses).
• Faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination. Annotations.

Romanticism influenced political ideology, inviting engagement with the cause of the poor and oppressed and with ideals of social emancipation and progress. The individual was prized, but it was also felt that people were under an obligation to their fellow-men: personal commitment to the group was therefore important.

Romanticism was also closely tied to the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Romanticism emphasized nature over industry, a point where again we can see the dominant force of the age (the Industrial Revolution) itself helping to create an art movement that began as a foil to that dominant force and then grew.