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FRENCH ART
THE REAL CLASSICS
REVOLUTION
NEW IDEAS
SOCIAL CHANGE
100
This artist paints the intimacy of characters, grouping them in couples, often surrounded by Cupi(ds), in a painting that leaves all but love to the imagination – an absolute masterpiece of Rococo style
Who is ANTOINE WATTEAU
100
This was an independent composition written for an entire or full orchestra
What is A SYMPHONY
100
In 1794, a new French government was set up, run by two legislative bodies and a five-man executive body containing this future leader
Who is NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
100
He synthesizes his ideas from deductive and inductive reasoning and creates a universal theory that became the backbone to the scientific revolution and remained unchallenged for over 200 years*
Who is ISSAC NEWTON
100
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal… with certain unalienable rights…” certainly influencing this document, more than a decade later, beginning with “We the people…”*
What is THE CONSTITUTION
200
Neoclassical architecture was used to mimic the power, ambition, and stability of the Roman Empire and the rationality of the Ancient Greeks – it was used by Imperial France during Napoleon’s reign and by this new country
What is THE UNITED STATES
200
Classical music takes a nearly opposite approach to Baroque music – If Baroque music was complex, Classical was structured, if Baroque music was for the aristocracy, then Classical music was for the bourgeois, and if Baroque music was polyphonic, Classical music was this
What is MONOPHONIC
200
Following the French Revolution, upwards of 40,000 people were killed using this preferred mechanism
What is THE GUILLOTINE
200
He called everything into doubt, even his own self, and aimed to prove their existence without the use of empirical evidence
Who is RENE DESCARTES
200
He is the father of modern economic and advocated for a free market economy
Who is ADAM SMITH
300
This painting alludes to erotic intrigue, showing a playful mistress an her secret lover – an artistic version of the pornographic novel that emerges during this time
What is "THE SWING"
300
This is Haydn’s most popular work and included a little “surprise” for listeners
What is "SYMPHONY NO. 94 IN G MAJOR"
300
This political theorist claimed that citizens have a right and an obligation to rebel if their ruler is oppressive and would be one of the largest influences for the American and French Revolutions
Who is JOHN LOCKE
300
Copernicus first introduces the heliocentric theory, but it was this man that first postulates the laws of planetary motion*
Who is JOHANNES KEPLER
300
She said that tyrannical men created the stereotypical roles of women as childlike and domestic and that women should strengthen their minds and bodies to free themselves of this social stigma and become independent thinkers*
Who is MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
400
This genre of painting was more sober and intellectual style in stark contrast to Rococo – replacing pastel tones and curves with geometric shapes, somber colors, and hard edged contours
What is NEOCLASSICAL
400
The symphony orchestra contains groups of related instruments with heir own personalities including strings, brass, percussion and these, specializing in harmonies
What are WOODWINDS
400
This, falling solely on lower and middle class citizens, led to outrage and was the largest reason for the French Revolution*
What is TAXATION
400
Inspired by Leonardo DaVinci, a Flemish physician put together the first book on this, essentially becoming the bible for 17th century scientists
What is HUMAN ANATOMY
400
A German philosopher and ethical theorist proposes this idea, a code of human conduct that says we should act as if our actions are the actions of everyone
What is THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
500
These were small, intimate, lighthearted, nonreligious, and playful – they would often sit on mantles or table tops inside the homes of French aristocrats
What is ROCOCO SCULPTURE
500
This new genre introduced during the Enlightenment, was one of the 3 styles that dominated Classical music – Mozart wrote over 20 of them
What is a STRING QUARTET
500
This, the French version of Parliament, had not met for 175 years and contains 3 branches; the clergy, the nobility, and the lower and middle class – the latter of the three quickly withdrew and formed the New National Assembly beginning the French Revolution
What is THE ESTATES GENERAL
500
This group of enlightenment thinkers believed in the existence of God as creator of the universe, however they claimed he took no part in its governing and thus followed no religious doctrine
What are DEISTS
500
This genre of storytelling shined a light on many atrocities suffered because of the lucrative sugar trade
What are SLAVE NARRATIVES