EUROPE AND AMERICA - 1700 THROUGH 1870
"THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT" * OVERVIEW - CH 29 *DR. COADS OVERVIEW *29 / 30 FLASH CARD IMAGES *READING CUE QUESTIONS for chapter 29 and 30 *ARTISTS REVIEW POWER POINT *KEY IDEAS *VIDEOS *POWER POINTS |
*KHAN ACADEMY ROCOCO!
*VIDEO ON DAVIDS' DEATH OF MARAT *NYC MET - HEILBRUNN TIMELINE ON ROMANTICISM |
KEY VOCABULARY:
a) Academy b) Apotheosis c) Fete galante d) Exemplum virtutis
e) Calotype f) Daguerreotype g) photogram
a) Academy b) Apotheosis c) Fete galante d) Exemplum virtutis
e) Calotype f) Daguerreotype g) photogram
History
- Death of Louis XIV in 1715 brought a resurgence of aristocratic life.
- Town houses became centers for the Rococo style.
- French Revolution broke out in 1789 which brings about an interest in the Greek ideal of Liberty and democracy.
- Napoleon saw himself as a new "Caesar", crowned in 1804.
- Neoclassicism takes architectural hold in the U.S. with Thomas Jefferson.
- New ways of thinking about the new world.
- Voltaire (1694-1778) = Science/Technological Improvement
- Rousseau (1712-1778) = Nature alone must be society's guide
Key Ideas: Rococo
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Key Ideas: Neoclassicism
(the start of the Enlightenment)
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Key Ideas: Romanticism
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Essential Questions:
1) How did the aristocracy influence the style of 18th Century art?
2) What are the defining concepts of the Enlightenment?
3) How did the Enlightenment reveal itself in art and culture?
4) What were the two "opposing" ideas of the 18th century and why did these ideas dominate the Enlightenment?
5) How is neo-classicism different from romanticism?
6) What are the important art works of this period and how did they personify the era?
1) How did the aristocracy influence the style of 18th Century art?
2) What are the defining concepts of the Enlightenment?
3) How did the Enlightenment reveal itself in art and culture?
4) What were the two "opposing" ideas of the 18th century and why did these ideas dominate the Enlightenment?
5) How is neo-classicism different from romanticism?
6) What are the important art works of this period and how did they personify the era?