This article aims to question the concept of Romantic creation within its historical and philosophical context. A veritable turning point in aesthetics, the rise of Romanticism established the predominant role of the subject in art, and of the autonomous work. For the first time in art history, the classical concept of imitation of nature was deeply called into question, in favor of a philosophical, even mystical investigation of the inner foundations of the creative act. In doing so, Romanticism was seeking an ideal and certainly mystical synthesis, between humankind and the universe, from which the human was excluded, due to a desire for freedom. Romantic creation gives rises to reflection upon several essential notions of modernity: expression, imagination and collective creation. We all are necessarily ...
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