(1770-1875) Chapter 3: Early Romantics 1. Common Characteristics of romanticism. 1)Romanticism was a rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism. It placed high importance on the creative function of imagination, and saw art as a formulation of ntuitive and imaginative perceptions that tend to speak a nobler truth than that of fact 2) For romantics, the feelings, intuitions and emotions were more important than reason and common sense. They believed that one could find truth through feelings. They believed that the irrational was important in human experience and that not everything could be explained by reason 3 Romantics did not think of the world as a ticking watch made by God. They thought the world was a living, breathing being They stressed the close relationship between man and nature. They viewed(1770—1875) Chapter 3 : Early Romantics 1. Common Characteristics of Romanticism: 1)Romanticism was a rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism. It placed high importance on the creative function of imagination, and saw art as a formulation of intuitive and imaginative perceptions that tend to speak a nobler truth than that of fact. 2)For romantics, the feelings, intuitions and emotions were more important than reason and common sense. They believed that one could find truth through feelings. They believed that the irrational was important in human experience and that not everything could be explained by reason. 3)Romantics did not think of the world as a ticking watch made by God. They thought the world was a living, breathing being. They stressed the close relationship between man and nature. They viewed