Mr. Johnson World History II WHII.6f Humanities & Technology
Unit Overview Absolute monarchs New ideas of the Enlightenment Revolutions & Civil Wars Liberal reforms: Limited monarchy, power in parliament, bills of rights Conservative backlash: Military dictatorships
Romantic Art
Paintings depicted classical & Renaissance subjects public events natural scenes portraits Famous painters Eugene Delacroix (France) Francisco Goya (Spain) Thomas Cole (U.S.)
Eugene Delacroix
Classical Subjects: “Last Words of Emperor Marcus Aurelius”
Renaissance Subjects: “The Barque of Dante”
Public Events: “The Massacre at Chios”
Public Events: “Liberty Leading the People”
Portraits: “Orphan Girl at the Cemetery”
Portraits: “Frederick Chopin”
Francisco Goya
Public Events: “The Third of May 1808”
Classical Subjects: “Saturn Devouring His Son”
Thomas Cole
Natural Scenes: “The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge”
Natural Scenes: “Home in the Woods”
Classical Music
Classical Styles Baroque Romantic Classical composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Germany) Johann Sebastian Bach (Austria) Ludwig von Beethoven (Germany)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart German Classical Composer Famous Works Symphony No. 40 in G Minor Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major
Johann Sebastian Bach Austrian Baroque Composer Famous Works Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Air on the G String
Ludwig von Beethoven German Romantic Composer Famous Works 5 th Symphony 9 th Symphony (“Ode to Joy”)
Frederick the Great: Flutist & Patron of Composers
Literature
New Forms of Literature Novellas & novels (“novel” = new) Long, fictional prose narratives Novelists Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote Voltaire: Candide
Miguel de Cervantes
Sancho Panza & Don Quixote
“Don Quixote” by Picasso
Voltaire
Religious Fanaticism
Candide
Technology & Trade
Improvements in Navigation New ship designs Fluyt: large cargo holds Ship of the line: heavy warship with many guns Clipper ship: small but fast cargo ships Lowered cost of transport
Fluyt
Ship of the Line
Clipper Ships
Agricultural Revolution New tool designs Seed drill Heavy ploughs Reapers Crop rotation Improved productivity
Seed Drills
Heavy Ploughs
Reapers
Crop Rotation
Agricultural Revolution
Improved Roads John Loudon McAdam Paved roads with aggregate rocks “Macadam” all-weather roads Improved year-round trade
Dirt Roads
Aggregate Rock
“Macadam” All-Weather Roads
Year-Round Trade