Compare And Contrast Romanticism And Transcendentalism

Romanticism was an artistic, free-spirited, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe around 1820 and went to about 1910. The concept of this movement was for everyone, especially composers, to focus their attention to expressing and exploring intense emotions. It was also to some extent a reaction against materialism and the 18th century rationalism that the Enlightenment brought. Romanticism put emphasis on the individual and their feelings, the subjective or imaginative, the spontaneous or irrational, and transcendentalism. A new view of the artist as an individual creator made the creative spirit more important than adhering to rules and traditional procedures. Franz Liszt has a beautiful song on the piano titled, “Transcendental