What new artistic movement developed in the eighteenth century in reaction to what some saw as the Enlightenment's excessive reliance on the authority of human reason?
A) Neorealism
B) Romanticism
C) Rococo
D) Impressionism

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Romanticism developed in the late 18th century partly as a reaction against the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason, logic, and scientific inquiry. Romantic artists and writers valued emotion, nature, and individualism, seeking to capture the sublime and the ineffable in their works.

What New Artistic Movement Developed in the Eighteenth Century in Reaction