People
The culer that was most admired by philosophers?
Catherine the Great.
A social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in paris and other European cities during the enlightenment
What does the word Salon Mean?
When did Joseph II rule Austria?
1780 to 1790
The enlightenment of ideals of order and reason were reflected on what?
Music, literature, painting, and architecture
What type of people went to salons?
Philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists.
The king of prussia from 1740-1786 that once wrote to voltaic: I must enlighten my people, cultivate their manners.
Frederick the Great
When you are relating to a grand,Ornate style that Characterized European painting, music, and architect in the 1600 and the early 1700
What is a baroque?
What did Catherine the Great do to Russia to make a better empire?
She expanded russia
The arts began to reflect the new emphasis on what?
Order and balance
Who was Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin?
The most influential of the solon hostesses in Voltaire's time.
The most logical feidner from austria.
Joseph II
Relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s
What does Neoclassical mean?
What did Catherine the Great do in 1707?
She formed a commission to review Russian laws.
What was the style of the late 1700s called?
Neoclassical
What is an encyclopedia?
A large set of books to which all the leading scholars of europe would contribute articles and essays.
Helped finance the project of leading philosopher named Denis Diderot.
Madame Geoffrin
One of the 18th century European monarchs who were inspired by enlightenment
Ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects
What was the enlightened despot?
Why did the enlightened despots undertake reforms?
They supported the Philosophers ideas, but also wanted to give up power. They also wanted to make their country stronger and rule more efficiently.
Who's works began new trends that earned on to the Age of Romanticism?
Beethoven
Who was angered by the new enlightenment ideas and later banned them?
The French Government and the catholic church.