Famous scientists
He invented the modern telescope
Galileo Galilei
A big change, especially in a society or country.
Revolution
Philosophical and cultural movement that pushed people toward human reasoning
Enlightment
This is the country where this style was born in the 18th century.
France
The most famous painting of Rococo style and its author.
"The Swing" by Jean Honoré Fragonard
He described the planetary motion around the Sun with elliptical orbits.
Johannes Kepler
A model of the Universe where the Earth is at the centre.
Geocentric Theory
Artistic style that reflects the ideas of Enlightment.
Neoclassicism
The Rococo buildings had plain facades with very decorated interiors. True or false?
True
This is our Spanish version of Versalles palace in Segovia. Say its name and the Spanish king who commissioned it.
La Granja Palace, commissioned by king Philip V of Bourbon.
He created a classification system for animals and plants (taxonomy)
Carl Linnaeus
A model of the Universe where the Sun is in the middle.
Heliocentric theory
A compilation of all the human knowledge that existed in the 18th century and critisiced the basis of the Ancient Regime. It was published under the direction of D´Alembert and Diderot.
The Encyclopedia
Rococo reflected a hedonistic lifestile. What kind of lifestyle is that?
A happy and careless way of life.
This is the most famous example of Rococo decorated room in the Royal Palace of Madrid.
The Gasperini Room
He created the smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner
To test out a hypothesis
Experiment
This is the main idea developed by Montesquieu against the absolut monarchy.
The division of powers
Enlightened thinkers criticised this style. Why?
Because of its superficiality.
An exception in Rococo decoration: a Spanish palace with a very ornated facade with two figures representing Júcar and Turia rivers.
Palace of Marqués de Dos Aguas in Valencia
He was a Scottish inventor who improved Thomas Newcomen´s steam engine. His new steam engine was fundamental for the Industrial Revolution.
James Watt
An empirical or experimental method for acquiring knowledge that characterize the develop of science since the 17th century
The scientific method
The political, social and economical system that is oposed to Enlightened ideas.
The Ancient Régime
Rococo was replaced by a more serious style. Which one?
Neoclassicism
In Spanish we call the game that represents this Rococo painting "La gallinita ciega". Say its English title and author.
"Blind Man´s Bluff" by Jean Honoré Fragonard.