About Romanticism
Romanticism - the phenomenon of European culture in the XVIII-XIX centuries, which is a reaction to the Enlightenment and to encourage them to scientific and technological progress, ideological and artistic direction in the European and American culture of the late XVIII century - the first half of the XIX century. Characterized by the adoption of self-creative spiritual life of the individual, showing the strong (often rebellious), passion and character, spirituality and healing nature.
Romanticism replaces the Enlightenment, and coincides with the industrial upheaval, marked the advent of the steam engine, locomotive, ship, photographs, telegraph and Factory margins. If education is characterized by the cult of reason and based on the beginning of civilization, the Romantic cult of nature asserts, feelings and the natural in man. It was in the era of romanticism processed phenomena of tourism, mountaineering and picnics, to restore the unity of man and nature. Demand is the image of "noble savage", armed "wisdom" and not spoiled by civilization. Awaked interest in folklore, history and ethnography that politically projection of nationalism.