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Culture: Romanticism and Realism I.Romanticism a.About romanticism 1.At the end of the 18th century, a new intellectual movement, known as romanticism, emerged as a reaction to the ideas of the Enlightenment. 2.The romantics emphasized feelings, emotions, and imagination as sources of knowing. 3.The romantics believed that emotion and sentiment were only understandable to the person experiencing them. 4.Romantics also valued individualism, the belief in the uniqueness of each person. 5.Many romantics had a …

…process that Darwin called natural selection. III.Realism a.About realism 1.The belief that the world should be viewed realistically, a view frequently expressed after 1850, was closely related to the scientific outlook. 2.In politics Bismark had practiced the "politics of reality". Realism became a movement in the literary and visual arts as well. 3.Many literary realists combined their interests in everyday life with an examination of social issues. 4.In art too, realism became dominant after 1850.