2. Cultural and Technological Changes From the 1500s- 1800s

3. Effects on Technology All-weather roads improved year round transport and trade (stimulated trade) New designs in farm tools increased productivity (Agricultural Revolution) Improvements in ship design lowered the cost of transport

4. Cultural Effects of the Enlightenment New forms of literature evolved, such as the novel (e.g., Cervantes’ Don Quixote) Painting depicted classical subjects, public events, natural scenes, and living people (portraits) MonetVan Gogh

5. Representatives: Eugene Delacroix – A French painter most famous for his painting, Liberty Leading the People (Romantic style)

6. Music Transitioned into being more then just for religious service, the opera, dancing becomes an art Musicians – Johann Sebastian Bach - A famous Baroque German composer – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- A famous Classical Austrian composer Change in Style of Music – Romanticism: Fused music with imaginative literature, creating operas, dramas set to music, and lieder (poems set to music) Ludwig Van Beethoven - A German Composer – Ode to Joy

7. Philosophy and Literature Miguel de Cervantes - A Spanish author who wrote Don Quixote - emphasizes that ideals of medieval chivalry were no longer realistic Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) – A French author famous for writing the Candide - challenged notion that everything that happens is for the best, - separation of church and state Wanted to clarify and illuminate both the natural world and the study of human behavior, not held back by tradition Writers and Philosophers