ARTH 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter NeoClassicism: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Relief
26 May 2017
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Ushered in a radically new way of viewing the world and would lead to values that govern our present lives. New world was heralded by industrial revolution and political revolutions of united states and france. Democracy, personal liberty, capitalism, socialism, industrialization, technological innovation, urbanization, and doctrine of progress are modern concepts that emerged from this period. John locke and isaac newton two most influential thinkers of their age. Locke: experience basis for formulating theory and life, liberty, and property that government must protect or be overthrown. Established basic human rights and moral order and established modern science. Second half of the 18th century was a period of transition as the world moved from the old to the modern, from rule by aristocracy and church to democracy, from agriculture to industry, and from rural to urban. It is often changing and complex with several almost contradictory attitudes existing in a single work.
