Post-Modernism or Neo-Romanticism

Abstract

Both schools of Romanticism and Post-Modernism have had a significant impact on the development of thoughts, ideas and literary and artistic styles in the history of western society. In this paper, the similarities of schools of Post-Modernism and Romanticism are reviewed from three different points of view; however, the goal is not irrevocably proving the similarity of ideas of Post-Modernism and Romanticism. Therefore, this paper attempts to in-terpret aesthetic characteristics of both schools in limited cases. It, first, pro-vides a framework for evaluating the importance and role of both schools and then informing us about how historical development of visual arts oc-curred in these schools. This research begins with the study and analysis of proposed concepts in a theoretical field. And then, by considering the criteria specified in the related ideas, it provides a general model for understanding and completing more effective components.

Keywords

• post-modernism
• romanticism
• rationalism
• past-orientation
• pluralism