ARTH 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Joie De Vivre, Protestantism, Homosociality
22 Oct 2017
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The 18th century and the enlightenment in france: the enlightenment critique of the state, the church and knowledge. Petra ten-doesschate-chu,(cid:498)rococo, enlightenment and the call for a new art in the mid 18th century,(cid:499) from nineteenth century art, (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882)(cid:885), (cid:883)9-29. 2) contesting publics: problems with the terms "rococo" and "neo-classicism". See the above on "rococo, enlightenment and the call for a new art" above. To go against the church and king was considered treason -- can be excommunicated - going against god and the natural order. Excommunicate: to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence. Nascent capitalist economy - birth of middle classes/ bourgeoisie -- new middle class used the enlightenment discoveries - new print revolution made purchasing books a social marker -- status symbols. Theories that representative govt might be better than kingship. The way in which enlightenment critics also turned to the visual arts.
