The Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to thousands of paintings that preserve the rich culture of some of the most influential historical movements. Romanticism was one of the most profound artistic movements. In response to the Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism emerged as an artistic movement that validated the experience of intense emotion, with a particular emphasis on the irresistible forces of nature and the sublime. (Examining excerpts from The Sublime and The Beautiful, a work by Edmund Burke, one can define the sublime as excitement, pain, fear, horror or terror). Artists of the Romantic movement had to encourage their audiences to indulge in a full range of emotions and to savor nature. With these ideas of Romanticism in mind, I took a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in search of a 19th century French Romantic painting that not only enhanced my visual experience, but also provoked my emotions. Before beginning my trip to the museum, I first looked through the online catalogs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I started here to get an idea of ​​what paintings I would like to see and their spatial location. Considering that I have serious orientation problems, this saved me a lot of time (I spend more time trying to figure out where I am in the museum than actually appreciating the artwork). 'art). With a few paintings in mind, I ventured to the museum in search of these romantic pieces. The most fascinating work I saw was Les Natchez by Eugène Delacroix. Eugène Delacroix was a French painter who focused on the values ​​of romanticism: self-realization through the act of embracing emotions and contemplating nature. The contribution of her fascinating works has greatly influenced the Ro...... middle of paper ......ion on her face as she looks at her newborn son. She holds her stomach in agony (I assume it's because childbirth is a painful and exhausting experience). The father looks at his son lovingly as he pampers and kisses him. I sympathize with this couple because I experienced this moment with my parents. My father once held me like the father depicted in the painting; and my mother was there, exhausted, but looking at me, just like the mother in the painting. Works Cited "Eugène Delacroix: Les Natchez" (1989.328) In Heilbrunn's Chronology of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1989.328. (December 2008) Galitz, Kathryn Calley. "Romanticism". In Heilbrunn Chronology of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roma/hd_roma.htm (October 2004)