The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas

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The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas

• Awareness through Culture

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Salons

• Social gatherings hosted by women
• Discussion of issues, ideas, and art forms
• Madame Geoffrin most famous of hostesses

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Neoclassical Art

• Simple and elegant
• Natural Scientific Revolution
• Everyday people
• Classical influence Greece and Rome
• Differs from baroque style ornate, grand,
  reflection of royal money

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The Death of the Virgin
Baroque Style
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Annibale Carracci Mural in the Farnese Gallery
in Rome
Baroque Style
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The Death of Marat
Neoclassical Style
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Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire
Neoclassical Style
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The Novel

• Written in vernacular
• Appealed to the middle class
• Enlightenment ideas and hopes were written into
  the novels