Which statement about Romantic art did adherents most strongly affirm?

• A. They believed artists should be allowed to create without restrictions.
• B. They believed artists should be guided by strict government censorship.
• C. They believed artists should be restricted to traditional forms.
• D. They believed artists should be paid by the state.

Answer: (A)

Freedom of creative expression is central to Romantic art. Adherents argued that true art comes from the artist’s inner vision and intense emotion, not from rigid rules or external controls. This faith in personal imagination and emotional depth led them to defend allowing artists to create without restrictions, embracing experimentation with form and subject matter and resisting censorship. The other ideas—government censorship, sticking to traditional forms, or state funding—would curtail that freedom and limit the imaginative energy Romantic artists prize.