1.0ArtCorner: A Blog by overstockArt.comhttps://www.overstockart.com/blogAmanda Hadleyhttps://www.overstockart.com/blog/author/ahadley/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VOdgvmvcJE"><a href="https://www.overstockart.com/blog/be-swept-away-by-romanticism/">Be Swept Away by Romanticism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.overstockart.com/blog/be-swept-away-by-romanticism/embed/#?secret=VOdgvmvcJE" width="600" height="338" title="“Be Swept Away by Romanticism” — ArtCorner: A Blog by overstockArt.com" data-secret="VOdgvmvcJE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cdn.overstockart.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.overstockart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/BLK6732-768x406.jpg600317Romanticism emerged from a desire for freedom of thought, feeling and action.  That path to freedom was through imagination rather than thinking. It is believed that this movement began in 1750 and lasted through 1850. The Romantic imagination stretched its perception of the Middle Ages into all worlds of fantasy. Nightmares and the grotesque became […]