Neo-Romanticism.

by katiemaree18

The most direct influence of Romanticism was Neo-Romanticism.The term Neo-Romanticism is used to cover a diversity of movements in philosophy, literature, music, painting, and architecture, as well as social movements , that came after and integrate elements of the Romantic era. Neo- Romanticism as well as Romanticism are known to be in opposition with naturalism- the idea of naturalism being viewed as foreign and even hostile. In the period following the german unification in 1871, naturalism rejected Romantic literature and identified it as a being misleading, idealistic distortion of reality. It became viewed as not being able to fill the “void” of modern existence. In British art history, the term “Neo-Romanticism” is loosely applied to be related with a school of landscape painting that began in 1930 and continued to the early 1950’s. It was first named in March 1942 by Raymond Mortimer in the New Statesman. (Wikipedia, Neo-Romanticism)

The paintings of the Neo-Romantic era were strongly theatrical and romantic. Common themes included longing for the perfect love, utopian landscapes, nature reclaiming ruins, romantic death, and history in landscape. Many of the artist were influenced by the idea of surrealism. Some critics argued that Neo- Romanticism lacked an acceptable understanding of evil in the modern world. (Agency)