iIi. Enlightened architecture 2.) Architecture and paintings became more colorful, ornate and grand. Baroque became the norm in architecture It glorified historic battles Rococo encouraged the imagination It was light, elegant and charming
Baroque http://youtu.be/m6rIlKsW6zc
Rococo http://youtu.be/TvlMyFXiMSc
iV. Enlightened literature Non-fiction – Two Treatise on Government, Encyclopedia ( all of the other books we talked about) Fiction - as more middle class people read, more novels were written Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe http://youtu.be/3nXblCMnetI
V. Enlightened despots Catherine the Great - Empress of Russia that implemented Enlightened reforms Abolished torture Frederick the Great – King of Prussia that saw himself as the “First servant of the state.” Read Voltaire and allowed freedom of press Joseph II – King of Austria Supported freedom of press Abolished serfdom (slavery)
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II