Noun
a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
Source: WordNetHe produced a work of art which by its deep appreciation of natural beauty and the melancholy tenderness of its treatment of the ancient legend did more than any single work to bring about the romantic movement in European, and especially in German, literature. James Macpherson
Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality Source: Internet