Chapter 17 - The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought

Prussia

________ has suffered significant economic damage as a result of the mid- century conflicts.

Voltaire

________ was a staunch monarchist due to his personal clashes with aristocracy as a young writer and his overall skepticism of democratic notions.

Frederick

________ regularly portrayed himself as "the first servant of the State, "asserting that his own personal and dynastic interests should always be subjugated to the benefit of his citizens, reflecting a significant shift in European views of the ruler.

philosophes

The ________ became subjects for Neoclassical artists.

attractiveness of Rome

The ________ as a tourist destination for artists and aristocratic travelers aided the emergence of Neoclassicism.

French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon

The ________ (1741- 1828) created several stone portraits of famous philosophes such as Voltaire and Rousseau, as well as American Enlightenment supporters such as Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) and Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826)