(MENAFN- ForPressRelease) Romanticism emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century as a reaction against rational order and rigid form. Writers filled their works with wild landscapes haunted ...

If you’ve watched The Nutcracker, listened to Schumann’s Kreisleriana, or read Edgar Allan Poe, you’ve encountered the influence of E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), the man who dreamed many features of ...

Of the composers who spearheaded the romantic movement during the first third of the 19th century, Robert Schumann was arguably the greatest (although Chopin also has his passionate champions), and ...

Greek painter El Greco is one of the best known artists in the history of Western art, as his works have influenced countless ...

HISTORIANS of music are accustomed to speak of the first half or three quarters of the nineteenth century as the Romantic Period in music, and of those composers who immediately follow Beethoven — ...

When it comes to period piece movies, there are a few patterns: Jane Austen, old time-y relationship problems, Emma Thompson, Merchant Ivory productions, or Keira Knightley dramatically storming away ...

Neo-Romanticism may well be back in photography—at least according to photographer Neil Folberg, who is also the owner of the Vision Gallery in Jerusalem. But it isn’t simply back—Folberg believes the ...

Spain should instead offer a compromise. — -- A massive, joyous demonstration of Spanish patriotism filled the streets of Barcelona. It was a glorious sight. More than a million people -- 1.3 ...