The Romantic Period

I think this term is very complex so I only defined The Romantic period.
The Romantic period begins late in the 18th century. Two key themes of romanticism are isolation and idealization of nature. These themes, of course, could have shown up many times before or after, but what made them touchstones of an artistic period was urbanization and industrialization.

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