Romantic realism is art that combines elements of both romanticism and realism. The terms "romanticism" and "realism" have been used in varied ways,[1] and are sometimes seen as opposed to one another.[2][3]
It would be wearisome even to enumerate the books and essays that have been written in all languages to define these two terms.
For there is an element directly opposed to romanticism : it is realism. The true antithesis, then, is between romanticism and realism.
And it follows as a corollary that realism is, on the whole, the opposite of romanticism; for, as we have seen, romanticism is usually bound up with idealism.