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Enlightenment Period
1750-1800 Philosophers moved towards intellectualism, away from religion and the Church. Art, literature, and architecture all took on the classical aspects of simplicity and emulating ancient models. Music had less models to work from and evolved differently.
Classic/Classical
The key features of a "classic" work of art or music is that they are based on a model or standard. Key aspects are simplicity, symmetry, balance, and objectivity.
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Led a group of the thinkers called the philosophes. Worked to compile contemporal knowledge into projects, notably the Encyclopedie.
Encyclopedie (1747-1765)
A project by Denis Diderot and the philosophes to codify contemporal knowledge. Embodied unprecedented freedom of thought.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Philosopher. Wrote Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason (1781)
By Immanuel Kant. Examines the possibilities and limits of rational thought.
Jean-Jaques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Philosopher. Wrote the Social Contract (1762)
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