You Say You Want A Revolution? Arts and the Enlightenment
Think Pair Share Who are the artists today pushing the boundaries? Revolutionary artists?
What about literature?
Meet Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes wrote the first modern novel in the early 1600s The book is called Don Quixote de la Mancha It is a humorous tale of an aging man who is stuck in the myths of the past Meet Cervantes - the great novelist of the 1600s
When someone carries on foolishly - not recognizing the realities of life - they are acting like Don Quixote someone who is foolishly tilting at windmills
It is a story of a new world rejecting the legends of hte old for a reality based on science
What about art?
Meet Edward Delacroix
Edward Delacroix
What about music?
What you know as classical music was quite dramatic and unsettling back in the time of the Enlightenment. It wasn’t at all what people were use to....
Meet Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach German musician Invented Baroque music Known for the use of the organ in compositions
Meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the most brilliant men of his century. Mozart almost single handily created the piano concerto. He was a genius. His famous works include The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Talk about superstar....he has been copied so many times...
Meet Stravinsky
Stravinsky He isn’t one of the Enlightenment artists but in the early 1900s he really pushed the boundaries of what was defined as music...
Stravinsky His Rite of Spring was a ballet about pagan Russia. It was first shown in Paris in May 29, It was so discordant and disturbing and so unlike anything the audience had ever imagined that it caused a riot Today it is one of the most popular pieces performed.
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
Much like today’s artists, the artists of the Enlightenment period challenged the accepted ideas of society.