The pioneers of modern art were Romantics, Realists and Impressionists. It is time that the impassioned dispute between classicists and romantics should finally be reconciled. They are romantics, travellers, and venturers. The Romantics, and especially Wordsworth, are often described as "nature poets". The Romantics rejected rationalism and religious intellect. Most Philhellenes were Romantics and Protestants. Shakespeare has also inspired many painters, including the Romantics and the Pre-Raphaelites. He played the role of Charles Dickens in the 2009 BBC Two drama "Desperate Romantics". The world of classical Greece was important to the Romantics. The second was "Desperate Romantics", in which Rossetti is played by Aidan Turner. Although himself a Swede, Emanuel Swedenborg inspired several of the German Romantics. The second was "Desperate Romantics", in which Hunt is played by Rafe Spall. Hope Less Romantics, Sirens and Twixter. The second was "Desperate Romantics", in which Millais is played by Samuel Barnett. In "Desperate Romantics" (2009) she was played by Jennie Jacques.