Enlightenment Ideas Spread 5.2 Notes Enlightenment Ideas Spread

New Ideas Challenge Society Previously, people believed in the following: Divine right Strict class system Belief in heavenly reward for earthly suffering Not everyone agreed with replacing these ideas, but the enlightenment changes everything

Writers face censorship Censorship-ban or burning of books Some writers will use fictional stories to get their point across Montesquieu-The Persian Letters Voltaire- Candide

Salons Social gatherings to exchange ideas Madame Geoffrin

Art and Literature During the rule of Louis XIV-architecture was Roman or Greek and paintings were baroque During Louis XV rococo art was light and elegant Pastels were used and portraits were of nobles and their happy servants.

Art of the Enlightenment http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/1700-1800-Age-of-Enlightenment.html

Composers Classical music Ballets and operas Middle class could afford these concerts Musical figures of the Enlightenment: Johann Sebastian Bach George Frederick Handel Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Novels Daniel Defoe-Robinson Crusoe Samuel Richardson-Pamela Pamela used a series of letters Jonathan Swift-Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver’s Travels uses satire as a literary device. Does anyone know what satire means? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhoktf7X0aQ

Satire A literary device that exposes human weaknesses or social evils Satire may use exaggeration, wit, irony, or humor to make its point. Satire may serve to entertain, to instruct, or to reform or bring about action

Satire Satire is used in many works of literature to show foolishness or vice in humans, organizations, or even governments - it uses sarcasm, ridicule, or irony. For example, satire is often used to effect political or social change, or to prevent it.

Examples “Weekend Update” from Saturday Night Live The Daily Show The movie Scary Movie The movies of Austin Powers Most political cartoons in newspapers and magazines The songs of Weird Al Yankovic

Movie clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI

Political Cartoons-Satire

SNL clip of Satire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDqSvJ6aHc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cf9NqaZ4fw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne1EaiqbfQA

Despots Enlightened despots were absolute rulers that accepted new ideas What would the opposite of despots be?

Frederick II Frederick the Great Allowed free press Ban torture Reform Prussian government Tolerated religious differences

Create a web I want you to create a web over pgs. 189-193 Include how the ideas of this time spread and the forms in which it spread Include important people and their role in the Age of Reason