EXPANSION OF ARTS, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE, TECHNOLOGY WHII.6g

What was changing?  Enlightenment brought a new emphasis on order & balance in the arts  artists borrowed heavily from classical Greece & Rome  new forms of literature were established  The Age of Reason witnessed inventions & innovations in technology  Stimulated trade & transportation

 Johann Sebastian Bach – Composer  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Composer  Austrian; Began composing at age 5 Representative Artists, Philosophers & Writers

 Eugene Delacriox – Painter  He painted enlightened ideas (liberty), natural scenes & portraits  Famous painting – Liberty Leading the People

Representative Artists, Philosophers & Writers  Voltaire – Philosopher

Representative Artists, Philosophers & Writers  Miguel de Cervantes – Novelist  1 st novelist  Wrote Don Quixote

New Forms of Art & Literature  Paintings depicted classical subjects, public events, natural scenes & living people (portraits)  New forms of literature evolved – the novel  Ex. Cervantes’ Don Quixote

Technologies  All – weather roads improved year-round transport & trade  New designs in farm tools increased productivity (agricultural revolution)  Improvements in ship design lowered the cost of transport