Definition

Noun: 1. An art movement based on a revival of Romanticism: Neoromanticism refers to a 20th-century artistic and literary movement that sought to revive the themes, styles, and emotional intensity of 19th-century Romanticism. It often emphasizes emotion, imagination, individualism, and a deep connection to nature, landscape, and national heritage, frequently as a reaction against modernist abstraction and industrialization.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The painter's evocative landscapes of the British countryside are considered a key part of neoromanticism.
  • Neoromanticism in music often features lush harmonies and programmatic, narrative structures.
  • Critics described the poet's later work as a form of literary neoromanticism.

Advanced Usage

• As an artistic descriptor: The term can be used descriptively beyond a strict historical movement to characterize works that strongly evoke Romantic sensibilities in a modern context.
  • The film's focus on solitary heroes and sublime landscapes has a distinctly neoromantic quality.

Variants and Related Words

• Neoromantic (adjective): Of or relating to neoromanticism.
  • The composer's neoromantic symphony was warmly received.
• Romanticism (noun): The original 18th-19th century artistic and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, nature, and the individual, which neoromanticism revives.
• Post-romanticism (noun): A closely related term sometimes used interchangeably, though it may more specifically denote the late 19th-century continuation of Romantic style.

Synonyms

• Late Romanticism
• Post-romanticism (context-dependent)

Antonyms

• Modernism (particularly its abstract, formalist, or industrial aspects)
• Classicism (emphasizing order, balance, and rationality)
• Minimalism

Noun

1. an art movement based on a revival of Romanticism in art and literature