Roman′tic Move′ment

the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement to establish Romanticism in art and literature.

[1875–80]

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Romantic Movement - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

Romanticism

artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"

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Frankenstein is the classic Gothic novel of the Romantic movement, although many think of is as science fiction - perhaps even the first example of that genre.

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The English poet and co-founder of the Romantic Movement in England died on July 25, 1834.

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Gardeners from Gertrude Jekyll to Bob Flowerdew will feature, as well as key figures of the Romantic Movement, such as William Wordsworth, and early radicals and reformers William Morris and Octavia Hill.

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As DJ at Blitz - the influential New Romantic nightclub in London where he worked with Steve Strange from 1979 until 1981 - he helped introduce tracks by Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Eno and Ultravox to the British club scene, putting together the soundtrack for the New Romantic movement.

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Unbeknownst to these young men, they were to become part of the New Romantic movement. Engel adopted the stage surname of fellow member John Walker, whose name was firmly established among the musical fraternity.

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Unbeknownst to these young men, they were to become part of the New Romantic movement. Engel adopted the stage surname of fellow member John Walker (Maus), whose name was firmly established among the musical fraternity.

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Mark started his own version of London's Blitz nightclub - which is credited as launching the New Romantic movement - in Cardiff's docklands, called Mel's.

When punk came to Wales; With their wild hair, piercings and loud music, punks spread from London to the rest of the country in the mid- 1970s. Bronte Howard digs around in the archives and speaks to one promoter who put on club nights in Wales..

Mark started his own version of London's the Blitz night club - which is credited as launching the new romantic movement - in Cardiff's docklands called Mel's.

Portraits of Punk; Remember when the Sex Pistols brought the punk rock scene to Wales? Bands played, young people did their own thing and hung out at exclusive clubs and brightly coloured hair became the norm. Bronte Howard travels back to 1976

He became a leading figure of the Romantic movement, and his at-the-time radical egalitarian political views would inspire the founders of liberalism and socialism.

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Was it real?" First they explore London's New Romantic movement, before travelling to Coventry to investigate the rise of Ska.

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Burns was a living legend in his lifetime, hailed as a pioneer of the romantic movement and author of many highly-popular poems and ballads including Auld Lang Syne, one of the most popular songs in the world.

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Words on the headstone in tribute to the larger-than-life fashion icon include lyrics from Visage's biggest hit Fade To Grey, as well as the words "Pioneer of the New Romantic Movement. Frontman of Visage.

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