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16 Cards in this Set
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Voltaire's humorous novel about a character who travels across the world looking for the perfect society
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Candide
My idea of a perfect society is one full of "Candide" apples! |
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Hapsburg emperor who continued reforms in Austria and was called "peasant emperor" because he traveled in disguise among his subjects
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Joseph II
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German composer who wrote music for organ and choir
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann wrote music "Bach" in the day! |
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German composer who wrote the Messiah
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George Frederick Handel
He "steered" the Messiah into being a famous work; people couldn't "Handel" how good it was! |
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Composer who changed European music, died in poverty at 35
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart wrote the "most art"! |
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English novelist who wrote Robinson Crusoe
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Daniel Defoe
In Robinson Crusoe, "De-foe" was "de" desert island! |
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Restricting access to ideas and information
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Censorship
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Informal gatherings where artists exchanged ideas
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Salons
Salons = where all the gossip is exchanged |
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Absolute monarch who used power to make social changes
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Enlightened despot
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Grand artistic style from the 1600s and 1700s
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Baroque
If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it! |
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A style of art that was personal and charming
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Rococo
Ro-"cocoa" is simple and charming! |
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Explain how censorship and salons affected the spread of new ideas.
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Censorship caused writers to disguise their ideas in works of fiction. Salons brought thinkers together, and allowed them to discuss and come up with ideas together.
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What were the goals of enlightened despots?
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To use their absolute power for the social good by creating reforms.
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How did the Enlightenment affect arts and literature, and the lives of the majority?
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The Enlightenment brought about ordered, structured forms in music and prose. For the lives of the majority, nothing changed. Peasants' rights and culture changed very slowly.
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What did Frederick II mean when he said, "In my kingdom, everyone can go to heaven in his own fashion?" How did his actions reflect that idea?
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He meant that he respected and tolerated many different religious beliefs. He showed this by allowing refugees from religious persecution into Prussia.
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How did the Enlightenment bring together ideas of both the Renaissance and the Reformation?
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The Enlightenment brought together the developments of reason and method of the Renaissance and the practice of making enormous social changes from the Reformation.
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