This age of reason and enlightened thinking dominated Europe, creating two important eras in philosophy and visual art. Neoclassicism and Romanticism competed for side by side, bringing creatives together to express emotion as well as a love for the classics of Greece and Rome. While Neoclassical art was more rooted in paying homage to classical Greco-Roman art, the Romantic era placed the emphasis on encapsulating emotions like fear and horror in visual form.
