The Age of Enlightenment

Background of the Enlightenment 17th-18th c

What did Enlightenment 17th-18th c emphasize

logic, rationality, freedom, scientific endeavor, and education

Elements of Neoclassicism shown in Benjamin Franklin 1789 by Charles Willson Peale (American)

inventor, inquisitive. Looking off into the distance, like he's receiving revelation/enlightenment

What is the Tennis Court Revolution?

3rd estate as a group oath to refuse to allow assembly to close until they have a new constitution written for France. enlightenment as they represent the people now.

Napoleon coming to power

began as a military leader, took control. Had the Pope come crown him, but does it himself.

What happened in spain with Napoleon

Charles IV’s sons asked Napoleon for help to remove father. Napoleon betrays him and brutally invades and occupies Spain

Antoine-Jean Cros, Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa, 1804

shows Napoleon as a benevolent Christ-like healer and leader. In Middle Eastern setting, Neo-Classicism France 19th c

Antoine-Jean Cros, Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa, 1804, Neo-Classicism France 19th c

What movement was about using lessons from the past to live today and learning about models for living?

Neo-Classicism and the Enlightenment 19th C.

Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814, Neo-classicism France

Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814

creates exotic and exaggerated female figure from the orient, neoclassicism France, leading to Romanticism

What artwork was leading from neoclassicism 19th c to romanticism 18th to mid 19th c?

Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814, Neo-classicism France 19th c