neoromantic
Emotionally nostalgic style
Neoromantic describes art, music, or literature that revives the emotional intensity and expressive freedom of nineteenth-century Romanticism.
The term appears in discussions of composers who rejected modernist austerity for lush orchestration and sweeping melody, or writers who embrace passion over ironic detachment: Her neoromantic poetry was unfashionable but deeply felt.
Sometimes used dismissively to suggest sentimentality.
Victorian artists emulating earlier masters
- SymbolismArt emphasizing ideas over reality
- revivalReturn after decline
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
sublime · landscape · mythology · folklore · historicism · idealism · naturalism · medievalism
Musically expressive
- poeticOf or like verse
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- atmosphericOf the air above
melancholic · idyllic · ornate · sensuous · dramatic · soulful · whimsical · sublime
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
sentimentality · ardor · passion · introspection · pathos · heartache · fervor · poignancy
Era determines truth claims
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
- Gothic RevivalArchitectural return to medieval forms
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- turretsSmall projecting towers
spires · craftsmanship · stained glass · vaulted · ecclesiastical · castle · manor · picturesque
Imaginative mental wandering
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- fableMoral tale with animals
visionary · otherworldly · mystical · fairy tale · legend · arcane · esoteric · phantasmagoria
Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian artists emulating earlier masters
- SymbolismArt emphasizing ideas over reality
- revivalReturn after decline
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
pastoral · sublime · landscape · mythology · folklore · historicism · idealism · naturalism · medievalism · nationalism
lyrical
Musically expressive
atmospheric · melancholic · idyllic · ornate · sensuous · dramatic · soulful · whimsical · sublime · nostalgic
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
wistfulness · sentimentality · ardor · passion · introspection · pathos · heartache · fervor · poignancy · desire
historicism
Era determines truth claims
- revivalismMovement rekindling religious passion
- Gothic RevivalArchitectural return to medieval forms
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
turrets · spires · craftsmanship · stained glass · vaulted · ecclesiastical · castle · manor · picturesque · vernacular
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
fable · visionary · otherworldly · mystical · fairy tale · legend · arcane · esoteric · phantasmagoria · allegory
neoromanticmodernist
Advocate of experimental forms
minimalist · neoclassical · avant-garde · brutalist · functionalist
neo, romantic, romance, romancer, romances, romanced, romancing, romanticism, romanticist