1. INFLUENCE OF THE ENLIGHTEMENT
ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND IMPACT

2. ROLE OF SALONS – SPREADING IDEAS
Wealthy women of Paris hosted social gatherings known as salons
Philosophers, writers, artists, scientists gathered to share ideas
Madame Geoffrin – most influential salon hostess

3. ART AND LITERATURE
Enlightenment is reflected in the arts – music, literature, painting, and architecture
BAROQUE– grand and ornate; gold everywhere!
NEOCLASSICAL– simple and elegant; back to Ancient Greece & Roman times

6. COMPOSERS Johann Sebastian Bach: Baroque composer Best of Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Classical composer
Best of Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven: Classical composer
Best of Beethoven

7. ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
The manner of political reform – monarchs who embraced new ideas &
Enlightened reforms on how to
govern the people

8. IMPACT OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Ideas led to people challenging long held ideas about society
Political philosophies inspired American and French revolutions in the 1800s
Ideas incorporated in T. Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, Constitution, & Bill of Rights