1. New style of art began in 1730’s2. Grace and gentle action3. Rejected strict geometrical patterns ->

favored curves4. Delicacy, lightness, charm5. Secular – expressed pleasure, happiness,

and love

1. One of the greatest of the Rococo painters

2. Depictions of aristocratic life

3. Fat ladies in frilly dresses, ribbons and bonnets, hanging out in flowery gardens

4. Pleasure and joy

Continued from the 17th into the 18th century

1. Dignity and simplicity of the classical style of ancient Greece and Rome

2. Influenced by the excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii

3. Jacques-Louis David = The Oath of the Horatii

The 17th and 18th centuries were the formative years for classical music = Baroque music 1600-1750

1. Opera2. The Oratorio3. The sonata4. The Concerto5. The Symphony

1. Greatest of the baroque composers

2. German3. Produced a large

family of musicians4. Worked as organist,

court music director, choir master/kapellmesiter

5. Majority of work was church music

Brandenburg Concertos

Toccatta and Fugue

Mass in B Minor

Goldberg Variations

Christmas Oratorio

Jesu, joy of man’s desiring

1. German baroque – lived and worked in England

2. Primarily secular3. Significant

compositions – Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Musik, Messiah

THE CLASSICAL ERA 1750-1830 = period of music which followed the baroque era

Orchestral music New musical instruments -> bigger and

more diverse sounds Larger groupings of musicians

1. Austrian classical composer

2. Worked for Prince Esterhazy in Hungary

3. Composed 104 symphonies

4. The Surprise Symphony, The Philosopher Symphony, The Farewell Symphony

1. Austrian classical composer

2. Genius and child prodigy -> 1st concert at age 6, 1st opera at age 12

3. Wrote 41 symphonies4. Operas = Don

Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute

5. Died miserable and penniless at age 35

18TH century marked the full development of the novel as a literary genre

English writers are key to establish the centrality of the novel

Samuel Richardson – Pamela = a good girl

Henry Fielding – Tom Jones = a bad boy

The enlightenment transformed the study and writing of history

1. Remove god from historical study

2. Secular explanations and causation

3. New social science approach

4. Broadened scope of study -> economic, social, intellectual, cultural

Edward Gibbon