Romanticism. The Sublime, the Beautiful, and the Picturesque

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“The Sublime, the Beautiful, and the Picturesque” portrays how different readers, writers, and philosophers during the Romantic periods and eighteenth-century recognized the prevalence of some words in art and literature. I am excited to know that the words beautiful, picturesque, and sublime were first introduced to describe a scenic view.
Dorothy Wordsworth was the person who used the terms sublime and beautiful while describing the tour she had together with Coleridge and William in Scotland in 1803. These individuals started discussing a waterfall, which was close to Wallace Tower. I like Coleridge’s choice of words since it makes one feel as if you were present during that time of the Scotland tour. Coleridge was delighted to hear another tourist talking about a “majestic waterfall.” The person was concerned about the accuracy of the diction. Before that day arrived, Coleridge had been c...