Examples+of+Romanticism



**Examples of Romanticism **
Here is a painting by Paul Garcia Jr. that incorporates romantic elements. This painting has mysterious elements and seems as though it is impossible to recreate the viwer is moved my the mystic and soothing feeling they get upon looking at it. This image shows how a person can belost in thier minds and movements to take them to a fantsay place where swimming into a wall surrounded by bubbles and magical colors is possible. The facial expression of the boy shows that although this mthical experience may be exciting it is also frightening experiecing something different for the first time and straddling the line between the known and unknown.

Here is a photo from the film Harry Potter that has a very gothic feeling to it. It shows a human, Harry Potter, demonstrate very demonic qualities. Romanticism is a movement that seperates itself from the previous enlightment period and Age of Reason. Supersitious powers or magic could be responisble for this change is Harry Potter's character during this clip from the movie, //Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix//.

Here is another photo from the Twilight book series that shows romantic elements in a modern form. Twilight shows many characteristics of Romanticism including the supernatural powers, magical influence, indivuality, and nature's influence. This picture especially shows the supernatural and gothic aspect of Romanticism. Vampires are mythical creatures with thier own characterics and in this photo you can see a struggle between two figures that are similar yet very different in thier motives.

This is a poem written by John Keats called A Thing of Beauty. This poem has a different side of romanticism that has not been addressed by the other photos. A very influencial piece to Romanticism is nature. Nature is the fuel to feelings and emotion and can be tied to many people's actions and thier moods. This poem does not portray nature as a destructive thing but shows its divinity and a certain joy that can come from respecting it. Many gothic features have been described before through Romanticism in the modern day, but this poem shows Romanticism in its most refined and spiritually uplifting sense.

"//A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.// " - John Keats
 * A Thing of Beauty **

