Victorain Realism vs Romanticism

(witch burning 1480-1750), no distinct time period for either realism or romanticism, agreed beginning round 1810 post enlightenment era. Refer below http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006052319153 Rennaisance (1350 – 1649) (Beheading of Charles I) http://www.answers.com/topic/which-artists-and-thinkers-are-considered-the-greatest-minds-of-the-renaissance Rennaisance; William Shakespeare, Niccolo Macchieveli (historian), Leonardo Da Vinci, http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753924 The birth of realism was a reaction to Romanticism and a way to present every day injustices http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/death_sentence_charles.htm King charless was the first ( and to this date the only) king to be tried and executed http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-charles-i-executed-for-treason Tried to rule without parliament, raised taxes, http://masterworksbritlit.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/the-roots-and-birth-of-romanticism/ Enlightenment era (1650-1701) – (1781-1804)
Romantisicm 1790-1850 ( falls after enlightenment era)
Realism 1850 – 1900 ( Victorian)
In the years leading up to the era of enlightenment there were a number of wars,. People wanted peace from this chaos, so the era of enlightenment began, and it encouraged reason over tradition. This was reflected in the writing, which was more formal but eventually the writing began to develop an emotional strain. This led to writers focusing on pains of death and lost love, and towards the era of Romantisicm http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/enlightenment_age.html Throughout the 1500s and half of the 1600s, Europe was ravaged by religious wars. (lead to ration over tradition) http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-the-difference-between-romanticism-and-realism.htm Romanticism and Realism are two opposing art style, where one focuses on idealism and the other on maintaining what is true. Romanticism glorified things, imagining characters with the ability to shape the