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The term neo-romanticism is used to cover a variety of movements in music and painting. It has been used with reference to very late 19th century and early 20th century composers such as Gustav Mahler particularly by Dalhaus who uses it as synonymous with late Romanticism . It has been applied to contemporary composers who rejected or abandoned the use of the devices of avant-garde Modernism . in Sintra , Portugal , is, probably the most important reference in Neo-Romanticism architecture]] LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY It is considered in opposition to Naturalism . The naturalist in art stresses external observation, whereas the neo-romantic adds feeling and internal observation. These artists tend to draw their inspiration from artists of the age of high romanticism, and from the Sense Of Place they perceive in historic rural landscapes; and in this they react in general to the 'ugly' modern world of machines, new cities, and profit. Characteristic themes include longing for perfect love, utopian landscapes, nature reclaiming ruins, romantic death, and history-in-landscape. Neo-romanticism is often accused by critics of being too insular, too interested in Figurative Painting and Beauty , too fond of Intuition , too distrustful of ideological & theoretical ways of comprehending art, and too in love with the past and the idealised / spiritual / haunted landscape. A more persuasive criticism is that neo-romanticism lacks an adequate conception of evil in the modern world. Neo-romanticism tended to shed somewhat the emphasis of Romanticism on 'the hero' and romantic Nationalism . This was particularly so in the decades after both of the world wars. ]] IN BRITAIN 1880-to-1910: Neo-romanticism emerged strongly in the period from about 1880 to about 1910 , in Britain . See:
1930-1955 In the 1920s, artists such as and ''Gone to Earth'', 1950 ); and photographers such as Edwin Smith ; Roger Mayne ; and John Deakin . Many working in this vein benefited from efforts to record the English home front during World War II , proving able to provide a timely and useful romantic vision of the national heritage at a time of war. 1955-1975 Neo-romanticism suffered neglect in the art world, when the strong waves of , in the work of Vernon Watkins , Laurie Lee , and the celebratory poems of Ted Hughes . One can also see neo-romanticism emerging in the serious Science Fiction and fantasy writing of the period. Benjamin Britten might be noted in this period; given his strong attraction to supernatural themes, folk music and the use of 'the innocent boy' as a motif. 1975-present Neo-romanticism continues, to this day, as a viable current in the , Graham Ovenden and the Ruralists ; Christopher Bucklow ; Robert Lenkiewicz ; Andrew Logan ; and Ian Hamilton Finlay ; photographers as Simon Marsden ; the writers Angela Carter ; Russell Hoban ; Ted Hughes ; Pauline Stainer ; and Peter Ackroyd . It is also strongly present in the early super-8 and later personal films of Derek Jarman (e.g. ''The Garden'', ''The Angelic Conversation''). In serious popular music, one might cite Virginia Astley (''From Gardens Where We Feel Secure''); John Foxx (''Systems of Romance'' and ''The Garden''); and some have seen the early eccentric songs of Brian Eno (such as "Julie With…" and "St Elmo's Fire"), and even his later sound-scapes, as neo-romantic in nature. A group of British Synthpop bands including Japan and Spandau Ballet are often credited with starting the so-called " New Romantic " movement as an offshoot of New Wave . Neo-romanticism can be noted also as a strong current in British ). It is also a current in post-1945 British photography: Fay Godwin ; James Ravilious ; Raymond Moore and Andy Goldsworthy being a few notable names. IN ESTONIA IN EUROPE
The Aesthetic Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer has contributed greatly to neo-romantic thinking, especially in Europe. IN RUSSIA & EASTERN EUROPE
IN THE USA
Much of the primarily U.S. sculptural art movement called Earth Art or environment art - from large-scale earth-moving to ephemeral works made from leaves & moss - echoes the neo-romantic call to ''re-enchant the landscape''. IN POPULAR CULTURE See Also: New Romantic A ). Within the Goth Subculture , bands such as Deine Lakaien or Dead Can Dance and in addition visual artists as Viona Ielegems or Gerald Brom . FURTHER READING British:
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