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pre-Romanticism

pre-Romanticism

9.9
A European movement before the Romantic movement that focuses on nature and feeling
  • noun
  • /priː roʊˈmæntɪsɪzm/
translation icon : pre-romanticismo
  • Scholars often regard pre-Romanticism as paving the way for the emotional emphasis of Romantic art.

Examples

  • The poetry of pre-Romanticism began to focus on individual experience and emotion.

  • Many painters from the pre-Romanticism era explored themes of nature and imagination.

  • The pre-Romanticism era laid the groundwork for many artistic movements.

  • Many artists explored themes of nature during pre-Romanticism.

  • Many painters from the pre-Romanticism era explored themes of nature and imagination.

  • Scholars often regard pre-Romanticism as paving the way for the emotional emphasis of Romantic art.

  • The poetry of pre-Romanticism began to focus on individual experience and emotion.

Surface Forms

pre-Romanticism singular
pre-Romanticisms plural

Morphology

pre-Romanticism = Romanticism (semi-transparent) = pre + Romantic + ism

The meaning 'before or anticipating Romanticism' is fairly clear from the prefix and base, but the precise historical label for a specific European movement is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Pre-Romanticism is built from pre- meaning 'before', as in preview, and Romanticism, the style that values 'feeling', 'nature', and 'imagination'. So pre-Romanticism names the art and ideas that came 'before' Romanticism and already showed those emotional, nature-focused themes.