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The Neoclassical/Restoration Era (1660 - 1798). Events. The Scientific Method, a series of steps taken to solve a problem effectively, was proposed by Francis Bacon in 1620
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Events • The Scientific Method, a series of steps taken to solve a problem effectively, was proposed by Francis Bacon in 1620 • Sir Isaac Newton creates a branch of Mathematics called Calculus. Calculus was used to solve problems that were too expansive to solve with Algebra.
More Events • Copernicus and Galileo conclude that the earth is in fact orbiting around the sun rather than the then popular belief that the sun revolved around the Earth. - Newton proposes the laws of gravity and motion in 1687.
Events • The Great Fire of London sweeps through Old London and destroys the homes of an estimated 70,000 of the cities 80,000 people. Painting of Old England Burning to the ground.
Events • The Great Plague, a massive outbreak of disease in England, in 1665, spreads, killing over 70,000 people. • Italics is invented in the 15th century by humanists.
Events • King Charles II was restored to his throne. • The ancient town of Pompeii is revealed as workers stumble apon it in process of excavating a cite to build a summer palace for the King of Naples.
Events • Persians revive the classic religion Zoroastrianism to fight to bring their culture back together.
Important People • Alexander Pope. Pope was famous for his witty satires and aggressive, better quarrels with other writers. His first major work was an essay on criticism based on neoclassic doctrine derived standards of tastes from the order of nature, good nature and good sense must never join. A popular satire he wrote was called the Rape of Lock. It was about the battle between the sexes and follies of young women. Famous books he wrote were Essay on Man and Moral Essay.
Jonathan Swift • He was famous for his essays and literary and political life of London. Confider of the Scriblerus Club. The members were: pope, gay, and Robert Harley. He was also the dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedra. His religious writings, the Battle of the Books and Tale of the Tub, are barely read today. & Moliere • Considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in western literature. He is famous for his playwrights and acting. Plays he wrote include: Psyche, Melecerte, and Amphitryon.
John Locke • John Locke was born in August of 1632 in Somerset, England. He was most popular in his time because of the many ideas he had, which made his writings especially popular. He was the first to declare that men are “by nature free, equal, and independent.” He also had other ideas including the rights of life, state of nature, and liberty and property. He published the “Two Treatises of Government” in 1690. He also took place in the Enlightenment. He inspired many things and people during his lifetime and helped develop ways and laws that influenced laws we still use today.
John Dryden • He was an English poet, dramatist, and critic. He was famous for the heroic drama “Indian Queen,” which had an absurd plot. He also wrote many poems, which he later expressed he was writing for the publishers and readers and not for the higher people. He wrote one of his best books, Of Dramatick Poesie, in 1660, while in retreat during the “Great Plague.”
Isaac Newton • Isaac Newton was born in January of 1643 in Lincolnshire, England. He grew up to be an English physicist, an astronomer, philosopher, an alchemist, and a mathematician. He was most popular for his descriptions of universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, written in his book, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematicia, which was published in 1687. His ideas were said to guide the scientific views on the Universe for 300 years and his thoughts also fueled the scientific revolution. So much so that in a 2005 poll he was said to be more influential then Albert Einstein.
Neoclassical Architecture Rococo architecture An example of neoclassical. Neoclassical Architecture was first designed and changed to get away from Rococo type architecture, which had been very popular. It was designed to return to the purity of the arts of Rome. Siegfried Giedion suggested in his book, written in 1922, that it’s a “recreation of the lost world” and “framed with romantic sensibility.”
