Romanticism

Four themes of Romanticism are awe of nature, focus on the individual, grotesque artwork, and emotional thought.

Romanticism was a movement in reaction to the Enlightenment. The qualities of Romanticism directly contradicted Enlightenment ideas. While the Enlightenment was focused on the control of nature, focus on the majority, beautiful artwork, and intellectual thought, Romanticism was geared towards the awe of nature, focus on the individual, grotesque artwork, and emotional thought. Awe of nature is shown in this painting because of the valley the pilgrim is in. The walls are so tall, he can barely even see the sun. He is puny and powerless in comparison to nature so that is why this painting shows awe of nature. There is only one person in this painting, and he is in the foreground of the painting, so that shows that this painting focuses on the individual, like the Romanticist movement. This painting is not very clear and is not strictly beautiful. The painting has the Romantic quality of being grotesque for this reason. The painting also provokes emotional thought. When looking at this painting, many questions come to mind. What is that man doing there? How did he get there? Where is her going? Many questions like that arise when looking at the painting. This is hwo this painting shows four themes of the Romanticist movement.