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Arts, Philosophies, and writers
of the Baroque Period
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1500s-1700s
1. Music
A. Baroque-1600s and early
1700s
B. Grand or ornate style
 Examples-Johann Sebastian
Bach, George Frederick Handel
2. Composers
A. Bach ( Baroque Composer)
B. Wolfgang Mozart (Classical
Composer) (Austrian)
Mozart
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He often spent much time at the clavier, picking
out thirds, which he was always striking, and his
pleasure showed that it sounded good. [...] In
the fourth year of his age his father, for a game
as it were, began to teach him a few minuets
and pieces at the clavier. [...] He could play it
faultlessly and with the greatest delicacy, and
keeping exactly in time. [...] At the age of five
he was already composing little pieces, which he
played to his father who wrote them down.[5]
C. Beethoven
3. Literature
 What new form of literature evolved
during the Age of Enlightenment?
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A. The Novel
 Novels-lengthy
works of fiction
 Liked by middle class
B. Miguel de Cervantes-Don
Quixote
C. Daniel Defoe-Robinson Crusoe
Don Quixote
The first novel (fiction – not a true story)
 A story about an idiotic knight
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4. Art
 Paintings
depicted classical subjects,
public events, natural scenes, and
living people (portraits)**
 Elisabeth
Louise Vigee-Le Bruncelebrated portrait artists of the
late 1700s
 (Self-Portrait)
Joseph Wright
Baroque Painting
A. Eugene Delacroix
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Liberty Leading the People, 28
July 1830 by Eugene Delacroix
Joseph Wright
Canvassing for Votes the Election
“Out hunting for Teeth” by
Francisco Goya
“Return of Prodigal Son”
Rembrandt
Louis XIV
Baroque Sculpture
Baroque Painting
5. Technologies
A. All-weather roads improved
year round transport and
trade
B. New designs in farm tools
increased productivity
C. Improvements in ship
design lowered the cost of
transport
Understanding #1
 The
Enlightenment brought a
new emphasis on order and
balance in the arts as artists
borrowed heavily from
classical Greece and Rome,
and new forms of literature
were established
Understanding #2
 The
Age of Reason witnessed
inventions and innovations in
technology that stimulated
trade and transportation
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1. What was the grand or ornate music
referred to as during the Enlightenment
period?
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2. What was the music Mozart and
Beethoven composed called?
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3. What was the music Bach composed
referred to as?
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4. What was the style of the music and art
during this period?
4. What new form of literature evolved
during the Age of Enlightenment?
5. Who wrote Don Quixote?
6. Who painted the following, and
what was it called?
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7. What improved year round transport?
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8. What are new designs in farm tools
going to accomplish?
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9. What lowered the cost of transporting
goods around the world?