How did the Enlightenment affect the arts?

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How did the Enlightenment affect the arts?

• Before the Enlightenment
  During the Enlightenment
  
• Music
• How does it sound? What is it called? How does
  it sound? What is it called?
• Who is the composer? Who is the composer?
• Art
• What was the style called? What was the style
  called?
• What are its characteristics? What are its
  characteristics?
• Literature
• Who is the famous Spanish writer? What
  literary device was used often?

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Music

• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Pre-Enlightenment
• Baroque music
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Music of the Enlightenment

• With the advent of the Enlightenment, music
  became more ordered and balanced
• This is what is referred to as Classical Music
• And the greatest Classical composer of all was a
  child prodigy named

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Music of the Enlightenment

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• An extraordinary pianist (the pianoforte was
  replacing the harpsichord at this time)
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• A prolific composer
• (626 compositionsand he died
• when he was 35!)
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  crimosa/dp/B0012F6NXU

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Art

• Rococo
• Early 1700s
• Trivial subjects
• Aimed at the wealthy
• The Swing

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Neo-Classical Art

• Late 1700s
• Reflects the emphasis on reason and order

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Neo-classical Architecture

• Jeffersons Monticello
• Greek-Influenced
• Dedicated
• to reason
• Can you think of any buildings in this area that
  were built in the Neoclassical style?

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Literature

• Before the Enlightenment, novels were rare
• One example was Don Quixote by Miguel de
  Cervantes

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Literature in the Age of Reason

• During the Enlightenment the novel became a
  popular literary form
• Have you heard of Robinson Crusoe? It was written
  during the Enlightenment
• Satire was another popular writing technique of
  the time
• Jonathan Swift (Gullivers Travels, A Modest
  Proposal)
• Why might these two forms have developed at this
  time?

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Literature in the Age of Reason

• Read the excerpt from Jonathan Swifts A Modest
  Proposal, written in 1720. What is his idea? Is
  he serious?
• Because so many Irish parents cannot find
  decent jobs to support their children, they spend
  all their time walking the streets to beg alms
  money Meanwhile, the children grow up to
  become thieves.......This situation presents a
  serious problem.
• .......Of course, a mother can feed her child
  for one year with breast milk. But after that,
  she must beg food for the child. However, I the
  writer of the essay have a modest proposal to
  solve this problem. Here it is  
• .......I have been told by a knowledgeable
  American that a year-old-infant is a most
  delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether
  stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled. . . .
  Therefore, I suggest that of the 120,000 new
  infants of poor parents, 20,000 be reserved for
  breeding and the rest be sold to people of
  quality.  .......A child will make two dishes
  at an entertainment for friends, and seasoned
  with a little pepper or salt, will be very good.
  . . . 

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Literature in the Age of Reason

• What literary device is Swift using in his essay?
• What real problems do you think he is addressing?