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1 The Classical Era (ca. 1750-1800) History 104 / February 8, 2013

2 Classical discoveries: the English in Italy

3 Classical architecture: the Mansion House, London

4 Inside the Mansion House

5 Classical history as inspiration: Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii (1784)

6 Thomas Gainsborough, The Morning Walk (c. 1785)

7 Sir Henry Raeburn The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch (1784)

8 Joseph Wright, Sir Brooke Boothby (1781)

9 Vauxhall Gardens, London

10 Flashback: the elaborate patterns of a baroque garden

11 An English landscape garden: calculated undulations of nature

12 The English Garden, Munich

13 Louise Elisabeth Vigéet-Lebrun (1755-1842) Portrait of Madame d’Aguesseau (c. 1770)

14 Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller Marie-Antoinette and her Children in the Parc de Trianon (1785)

15 Louise Elisabeth Vigéet-Lebrun Marie-Antoinette with her children (1787)

16 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

17 Haydn in the years of his London triumph

18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Sonata Form: Symphony No. 40, 1 st movement Symphony No. 40

19 Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: sly, subversive comic operaThe Marriage of Figaro

20 Mozart’s The Magic Flute: Light fantasy for a popular audience Papageno/Papagena duet The Queen of the Night’s aria – “Der Hölle Rache” Papageno/Papagena duetDer Hölle Rache

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