Anthony Andrews profiles writers and painters of the 18th- and 19th-century Romantic Movement.
The paintings of Delacroix, Turner and Goya illustrate Romanticism in nature.
Poems by Wordsworth and Goethe illustrate the theme of wild, pure nature as freedom.
Plays of Schiller and Kleist depict the Romantic philosophy of the hero as a renegade.
Dreams influence the Romantic artists.
The 'art' of death influences Romantic writers.
Works by Blake and Keats illustrate the Romantic yearning for a return to a free and peaceful 'Golden Age.'
The music of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt expresses the deeper emotions.
Female writers participate in the Romantic movement, including Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein), Karoline von Günderrode, the sisters Brontë, and Georges Sand.
Poet, novelist and playwright Victor Hugo personifies the Romantic era.
The Romantic movement in Paris pits intellectuals against aristocracy.
Romanticism of the 19th century influences the 20th.