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Humanities & Technology

This unit overview explores the liberal reforms of limited monarchy and power in parliament, as well as the conservative backlash of military dictatorships. It also examines the Romantic Art movement, focusing on famous painters and their depictions of classical subjects, public events, natural scenes, and portraits.

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Humanities & Technology

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  1. Humanities & Technology Mr. Johnson World History II WHII.6f

  2. Unit Overview • Liberal reforms: • Limited monarchy, power in parliament, bills of rights • Conservative backlash: • Military dictatorships

  3. Romantic Art

  4. Romantic Art • Paintings depicted • classical & Renaissance subjects • public events • natural scenes • portraits • Famous painters • Eugene Delacroix (France) • Francisco Goya (Spain) • Thomas Cole (U.S.)

  5. Eugene Delacroix

  6. Classical Subjects:“Last Words of Emperor Marcus Aurelius”

  7. Renaissance Subjects:“The Barque of Dante”

  8. Public Events:“The Massacre at Chios”

  9. Public Events:“Liberty Leading the People”

  10. Portraits:“Orphan Girl at the Cemetery”

  11. Portraits:“Frederick Chopin”

  12. Francisco Goya

  13. Public Events:“The Third of May 1808”

  14. Classical Subjects:“Saturn Devouring His Son”

  15. Thomas Cole

  16. Natural Scenes:“The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge”

  17. Natural Scenes:“Home in the Woods”

  18. Classical Music

  19. Classical Music • Classical Styles • Baroque • Romantic • Classical composers • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Germany) • Johann Sebastian Bach (Austria) • Ludwig von Beethoven (Germany)

  20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • German Classical Composer • Famous Works • Symphony No. 40 in G Minor • Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major

  21. Johann Sebastian Bach • Austrian Baroque Composer • Famous Works • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor • Air on the G String

  22. Ludwig von Beethoven • German Romantic Composer • Famous Works • 5th Symphony • 9th Symphony (“Ode to Joy”)

  23. Frederick the Great:Flutist & Patron of Composers

  24. Literature

  25. New Forms of Literature • Novellas & novels • (“novel” = new) • Long, fictional prose narratives • Novelists • Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote • Voltaire: Candide

  26. Miguel de Cervantes

  27. SanchoPanza & Don Quixote

  28. “Don Quixote” by Picasso

  29. Voltaire

  30. Religious Fanaticism

  31. Candide

  32. Technology & Trade

  33. Improvements in Navigation • New ship designs • Fluyt: large cargo holds • Ship of the line: heavy warship with many guns • Clipper ship: small but fast cargo ships • Lowered cost of transport

  34. Fluyt

  35. Ship of the Line

  36. Clipper Ships

  37. Agricultural Revolution • New tool designs • Seed drill • Heavy ploughs • Reapers • Crop rotation • Improved productivity

  38. Seed Drills

  39. Heavy Ploughs

  40. Reapers

  41. Crop Rotation

  42. Agricultural Revolution

  43. Improved Roads • John Loudon McAdam • Paved roads with aggregate rocks • “Macadam” all-weather roads • Improved year-round trade

  44. Dirt Roads

  45. Aggregate Rock

  46. “Macadam” All-Weather Roads

  47. Year-Round Trade

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