The Enlightenment (1620s-1780s) (18th Century) - Lecture Notes

The Enlightenment (1620s - 1780s) (18th century) The name "The enlightenment" was never used by people in the 18th century, it was a term made up by historians from the 19th century. Science started becoming more important, religion stopped dominating the world gradually. Rationalism, empiricism...

The Enlightenment (1620s - 1780s) (18th century) The name "The enlightenment" was never used by people in the 18th century, it was a term made up by historians from the 19th century. Science started becoming more important, religion stopped dominating the world gradually. Rationalism, empiricism & belief in progress. Growing resistance against absolutism → Liberalism, democracy - - The discovery of the world → contact with different cultures, rise of colonialism - The urge to catalog: - - Some criticism against the church → The struggle for freedom of belief & opinion Typical things about The Enlightenment - - - An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump - - - The industrial revolution is casually happening in the background during the 19th century - - The american revolution - - Venus of willendorf - - - - - Venus de Milo - - - - Most art in history was meant to be practical Lamentation by Gioto (early 14th century) - Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (late 15th century) - - Albrecht Dürer, self portrait (1500) - - - Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David (1784) - - - - - - - - - - Didactic → trying to teach you something Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer by Casper David Friedrich (1818) - - - Wedgewood vase, design by Flaxman, (late 18th century) - - Art before the enlightenment - - - - Art After the enlightenment: - - - -