ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ferris Wheel, Scientific Method, Santa Maria Zobenigo
03 April 2018
● Era of enlightenment-away from religion towards science, philosophy; world pop
increase dramatically
● New economic ideas *Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nation-people should be able to
buy and sell land, labor and goods freely
● New political ideas-people should be free to choose their government, their govt
should protect their liberty, Thomas Paine-Common Sense*
● Revolution begins
○ Leading to wars of independence
● Joseph Wright of Derby: used painting to convey mysteriousness of life, new
technologies, focus on light, science/experimentation
● Governments…
○ Wrote constitutions
○ Promoted education
○ Created representative institutions-away from monarchy
● Revolution Begins…
○ Leading to wars of independence
○ Each country, people struggled over liberty, equality, and nationalism
■ I.e. U.S. (1776), France (1789), Haiti (1791), Venezuela (1811)
● World Events:
○ 1748: Discovery of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii-outside Naples, Italy
○ 1755: Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal (9.0)
○ 1756-63: Seven Years’ War (Britain v. France)
○ 1776: American Revolution Begins
○ 1789: French Revolution Begins
● Joseph Wright of Derby-artist info
○ Use paintings to convey mysteriousness of life
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Document Summary
Era of enlightenment-away from religion towards science, philosophy; world pop increase dramatically. New economic ideas *adam smith: the wealth of nation-people should be able to buy and sell land, labor and goods freely. New political ideas-people should be free to choose their government, their govt should protect their liberty, thomas paine-common sense* Joseph wright of derby: used painting to convey mysteriousness of life, new technologies, focus on light, science/experimentation. Each country, people struggled over liberty, equality, and nationalism. U. s. (1776), france (1789), haiti (1791), venezuela (1811) 1748: discovery of the ancient roman city of pompeii-outside naples, italy. 1756-63: seven years" war (britain v. france) Use paintings to convey mysteriousness of life. 34 goes to liverpool to focus on light (cid:522)vesuvius from portici(cid:523) 1774-1776. City was lost for 1500 years-discovered in 1748. Uses imagination of how it looked like-fantasy. Quite a distance (cid:522)an experiment on a bird in an air pump(cid:523) Traveling scientist showing what air pump is.