Chapter 19: The Age of Enlightenment

1. Chapter 19: The Age of Enlightenment Art, Literature, and Society By Priyanka Vaddi Period 5

2. Other social and intellectual forums include salons and freemasonic lodges. • Salons: gatherings organized by wealthy women who bring together important intellectuals with the influential people that were needed for patronage. • Freemasonry: a ritualistic fraternity concerned with moral and spiritual values. The “Public Sphere” • French was the international language, allowing the free flow of ideas without a language barrier. • The uninhibited exchange of ideas brought on by new forums and institutions, combined with new media created a “public sphere” (Chamber 566). • Enlightenment ideals were debated in more accessible urban public spaces such as coffeehouses, which served mainly as centers of social interaction. • “Republic of Letters”: a self-proclaimed community of scholars and literary figures that stretched across national boundaries. Underlined means links! Click for more information.

3. Travel • By the middle of the 18th century, France had built new roads and improved older ones, spreading out from Paris to the outskirts. • Eventually all the European countries followed France’s example and created a network of roads throughout the continent. • This made traveling easier, although still slow and uncomfortable. • Traveling became a pastime, what we call today as tourism. Many went on a “grand tour,” which includes sights from both the modern and ancient worlds.

4. Publishing and Reading • Rise in publishing • Travelling libraries • Originated in England around 1740 • Booksellers- publishers, editors, salesperson all combined. Helped create fill demand for books. • Journals and Newspapers • England led in this domain • Large increase in periodicals between 1700 and 1780, from 25- 158. • Daily newspaper, originated in England. • London Chronicle C) “Bad Books” 1. romance books, sensational pamphlets, gossip sheets- low tastes 2. desperate writers attacked the character of notorious aristocrats and factions of politics. 3. helped to “desacralize” the monarchy and create an image of an immoral aristocracy (chambers 570).

5. Rise of The Novel • Strongest development in England • Samuel Richardson was the acknowledged pioneer of this genre. • Pamela or Virtue Rewarded (1740) • Advances in technologies of printing • Made the written texts available to the growing population of readers • Higher literacy rates and different modes of distribution • More of the population could read • Distribution by peddlers allowed the working-class and lower classes to access written texts • Most novels focused on family life and everyday problems, and social relations. • Popular writers: • Daniel Defoe • Robinson Crusoe • Jonathan Swift • Gulliver’s Travels • Samuel Richardson • Johann von Goethe • Sturm und Drang (storm and stress)- literary movement that emphasized strong artistic emotions • The Sorrows of Young Werther • Henry Fielding • The History of Joseph Andrews

6. Poetry • Poetry retained traditional qualities. • Neoclassical tradition- Art was meant to show eternal standards of beauty and truth. • By the end of the century, English and German poets rebelled against restraints of Neoclassicism. • Rebellion led to Romanticism- emphasized the individual and inner passion. • These poets changed the composition of poetry and made It flexible, similar to a novel. • Ex: Goethe, Henry Wordsworth, Friedrich von Schiller

7. Neoclassicism • Began in 1760s • Emphasis on linear design in the depiction of classical themes and subject matter. • Reaction against frivolity of the preceding Rococo style. Jacque Louis David

8. William Wordsworth Romanticism (popular writers) Lord Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley Edgar Allan Poe William Blake

9. Music • The heart of music shifted from Italy and France to Austria. • Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven all transformed the composition of music. • Beethoven ensured that the symphony was adaptable. • Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony provides a bridge between 18th century classicism and nineteenth century romanticism. • Aristocratic and court patronage remained the best way to have a career in music • Haydn worked successfully on a court for a prince, but Mozart had an unhappy ending trying to earn his living by composing. • Beethoven freed himself from dependence on a patron through individual commissions and public concerns.

10. Franz Joseph Haydn • Austrian composer • Often called father of symphony • Was a court musician for most of his career in a remote estate and was “forced to become original”.

11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Austrian composer • Very talented, wrote music for all musical genres and excelled in each one. • Afraid of the trumpet

12. Ludwig van Beethoven • He is a deaf composer • Considered greatest composer of all time. • As a child, Beethoven was taught music with brutal vigor by his father. He was ill-treated

13. Popular culture • For the poor, lower class population, publishers produced small, cheap booklets. • They were distributed by itinerant peddlers. • There were three major forms of popular literature: