These romantic classical art memes prove that romance has always been a mess—full of longing looks, dramatic sighs, and men who simply refuse to take a hint.

Did all our problems begin with romanticism? Or did romanticism simply diagnose the problems? In conversations about art today, romanticism has a dusty, discredited air. Weren’t Courbet ...

and these will be contextualized through the themes of Romanticism and Modernism. The European artistic canon will be studied to understand the art historical importance afforded to certain artists, ...