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Enlightenment's Influence: Art, Music, and Governance in 1700s

Explore how Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world, shaping the arts, music, and governance. Discover the impact of salons, Neoclassical styles, and enlightened despots like Catherine the Great. Dive into the legacy of figures such as Diderot, Mozart, and Joseph II, and their contributions to a world of new ideas and reform.

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Enlightenment's Influence: Art, Music, and Governance in 1700s

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  1. The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3

  2. Vocabulary • Salon • Baroque • Neoclassical • Enlightened Despot • Catherine the Great

  3. New ideas • Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world and profoundly influence the arts and government

  4. A World of Ideas • Paris becomes center of Enlightenment during 1700’s • City is home to salons – gathering where thinkers discuss ideas

  5. Diderot’s Encyclopedia • Denis Diderot begins publishing his work in 1751 • Encyclopedia is a set of books in which thinkers contributed essays

  6. Response to the Encyclopedia • Angers French government and the Catholic church • Helps spread ideas of the Enlightenment

  7. New Artistic Ideas • Neoclassical Ideas – styles based on Greek/Roman ideas • Pre-Enlightenment art style was baroque – grand, ornate design

  8. Famous Musicans • Classical music emerges – lighter, more elegant than earlier style • Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

  9. People began to enjoy reading • Novel emerges works of fiction with detailed plots and characters

  10. Enlightenment Despots • Enlightenment Despots – monarchs who embrace enlightenment values to strengthen their rule

  11. Frederick the Great • Frederick II, King of Prussia, reforms education and justice system • Grants religious freedom, abolishes torture, fails to end serfdom

  12. Joseph II • Joseph II of Austria allows freedom of worship and press • Abolishes serfdom, but the practice is reinstated after his death

  13. Catherine the Great • Enlightenment ruler of Russia,1762 – 1796 • Seeks to abolish capital punishment and torture, but effort fails • Responds to peasant revolt by giving more power to the nobles over serfs

  14. Legacy of Catherine the Great • Successfully expands Russian Empire • Gains port access for Russia by capturing northern coast of the Black Sea • Seizes large parts of Poland, increasing empire’s size

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