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The Enlightenment Spreads. Chapter 6-3. Vocabulary. Salon Baroque Neoclassical Enlightened Despot Catherine the Great. New ideas. Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world and profoundly influence the arts and government. A World of Ideas.
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The Enlightenment Spreads Chapter 6-3
Vocabulary • Salon • Baroque • Neoclassical • Enlightened Despot • Catherine the Great
New ideas • Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world and profoundly influence the arts and government
A World of Ideas • Paris becomes center of Enlightenment during 1700’s • City is home to salons – gathering where thinkers discuss ideas
Diderot’s Encyclopedia • Denis Diderot begins publishing his work in 1751 • Encyclopedia is a set of books in which thinkers contributed essays
Response to the Encyclopedia • Angers French government and the Catholic church • Helps spread ideas of the Enlightenment
New Artistic Ideas • Neoclassical Ideas – styles based on Greek/Roman ideas • Pre-Enlightenment art style was baroque – grand, ornate design
Famous Musicans • Classical music emerges – lighter, more elegant than earlier style • Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
People began to enjoy reading • Novel emerges works of fiction with detailed plots and characters
Enlightenment Despots • Enlightenment Despots – monarchs who embrace enlightenment values to strengthen their rule
Frederick the Great • Frederick II, King of Prussia, reforms education and justice system • Grants religious freedom, abolishes torture, fails to end serfdom
Joseph II • Joseph II of Austria allows freedom of worship and press • Abolishes serfdom, but the practice is reinstated after his death
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
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