Spread of Enlightenment
Agenda
• Bell Ringer: Identify an Enlightenment thinker and a
major idea associated with them.
1. The Spread of Enlightenment Notes
2. Rousseau Primary Source
3. Map Activity: Spread of Enlightenment
4. Baroque/Classical Music during the Enlightenment
5. Image interpretation, Art in the Enlightenment
6. Review Activity: Enlightenment Thinkers and quotes
7. Objectives for the Day
• Cumulative Quiz next class.
A World of Ideas
• Salons utilized to meet
and discuss ideas, look at
artists and musicians.
• The Encyclopedia
– Denis Diderot thought a
large set of books with
many articles and essays
would show current
information on science,
technology, and art.
• French Government and
Church NOT happy.
Encyclopedia is
censored…
Baroque vs Classical
• The Baroque period is
seen as ornate,
extravagant.
– Lots of columns, domes,
vibrant paints, etc. etc.
• Classical Period is
simpler and elegant.
– Columns still prevalent,
but the architecture is
simpler.
Baroque or Classical
The comparison…
Music and literature during the
Enlightenment
• Music
– Baroque style of Bach and
Handel is loud and grand.
– The symphony of Haydn
and Mozart are more
elegant, not as loud.
• Literature
– Novels become popular,
telling stories in the lay
language of the period.
– Robinson Crusoe Daniel
Defoe.
Enlightenment and the Monarchy
• Some monarchs embraced
the enlightenment ideas.
– Enlightened Despot
• Ultimate goal was to make
their rule more effective,
and make country stronger.
• Frederick the Great
– “I must enliven my people,
cultivate their morals… make
them as happy as the means
at my disposal permit.”
• Joseph II
– Freedom of worship,
abolished serfdom, and legal
reform.
Image interpretation
Image interpretation