1. The Enlightenment Spreads
Chapter 6-3

2. Vocabulary Salon Baroque Neoclassical Enlightened Despot
Catherine the Great

3. New ideas
Enlightenment ideas spread through the Western world and profoundly influence the arts and government

4. A World of Ideas Paris becomes center of Enlightenment during 1700’s
City is home to salons – gathering where thinkers discuss ideas

5. Diderot’s Encyclopedia
Denis Diderot begins publishing his work in 1751
Encyclopedia is a set of books in which thinkers contributed essays

6. Response to the Encyclopedia
Angers French government and the Catholic church
Helps spread ideas of the Enlightenment

7. New Artistic Ideas
Neoclassical Ideas – styles based on Greek/Roman ideas
Pre-Enlightenment art style was baroque – grand, ornate design

8. Famous Musicans
Classical music emerges – lighter, more elegant than earlier style
Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

9. People began to enjoy reading
Novel emerges works of fiction with detailed plots and characters

10. Enlightenment Despots
Enlightenment Despots – monarchs who embrace enlightenment values to strengthen their rule

11. Frederick the Great
Frederick II, King of Prussia, reforms education and justice system
Grants religious freedom, abolishes torture, fails to end serfdom

12. Joseph II Joseph II of Austria allows freedom of worship and press
Abolishes serfdom, but the practice is reinstated after his death

13. Catherine the Great Enlightenment ruler of Russia,1762 – 1796
Seeks to abolish capital punishment and torture, but effort fails
Responds to peasant revolt by giving more power to the nobles over serfs

14. Legacy of Catherine the Great
Successfully expands Russian Empire
Gains port access for Russia by capturing northern coast of the Black Sea
Seizes large parts of Poland, increasing empire’s size