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part 2: core characteristics

1. romanticism celebrated several themes. fill in the blanks:

• emotion and ______ over logic and reason.
• ______ as a source of beauty and inspiration.
• the ______ (awe mixed with fear when facing vast forces).

1. compare enlightenment vs. romanticism:

enlightenment romanticis

Explanation:

1. Romanticism prioritized subjective inner experience over the rational focus of the prior Enlightenment, so emotion and intuition are paired against logic and reason.
2. A defining feature of Romanticism was reverence for the natural world as a wellspring of beauty and creative inspiration.
3. The term "sublime" specifically describes the intense mix of awe and fear felt when confronting immense, powerful forces (natural or otherwise).

Answer:

• Emotion and intuition over logic and reason.
• Nature as a source of beauty and inspiration.
• The sublime (awe mixed with fear when facing vast forces).