Romantic Movement

noun

1. the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Romantic Movement¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

As the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the 19th century, and as Catalonia confirmed its position as an industrial center, nationalism strengthened.

From New York Times

But he published two other wonderful novels early in his career — “The Romantic Movement” and “Kiss and Tell” — neither of which he acknowledges any longer on his website.

From Seattle Times

Paths pass timber-frame houses, medieval monastery ruins and the haunting towers, arches and gorges of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains that inspired artists of the Romantic Movement.

From New York Times

The Romantic Movement.—It is time, however, to return to the literary revolution itself, and its more purely literary results.

From Project Gutenberg

Schumann is a poster child for the Romantic Movement, and so there were plenty of emotional extremes in the music to play with.

From Seattle Times