Conclusion
There were a number of subjects and themes in Romantic art. The visual style varied with each artist. Underneath all the diverse elements of Romanticism was a sense of independence and rebellion that rejected classical values. The Romantic artists forged a new creative process that honored emotional intuition as the ultimate guide to aesthetic experience.
The impact of the Romantic Movement is evidenced in art today. While Romanticism was not in itself modern, it marked the break with traditional artistic values and processes that would lead to modern art. The Romantic love of nature and rebelliousness against artistic convention paved the way for Impressionism later in the nineteenth century (Viault, 1990). Newton (1962) asserted, “Romanticism is an attitude of mind in which any human being, at any time, may, by virtue of his humanity, indulge: but ‘Romantic’ can only be applied with confidence to certain periods or races in which the same attitude of mind finds no hindrance to its means of expression” (p.12).
