• Who was willing to embrace the new ideas about science?
PHILOSOPHES
• Those who believed in the new ideas from Galileo, Newton and others.
SALONS
• Gathering places for the philosophes to discuss issues of the time.
ENCYLCLOPEDIAS
• Reference books that contained info on arts, sciences, government, etc.
ENLIGHTENMENT
• Philosophes wanted rest of world to understand the new ways of thinking.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• Who were the philosophes?
MONTESQUIE
• Created idea of three branches of gov.• LEGISLATIVE- makes laws• EXECUTIVE- enforces laws• JUDICIAL- interprets laws
VOLTAIRE
• Proposed freedom of religion.• FREEDOM OF PRESS- right to publish ideas
without fear of arrest.
LOCKE
• SOCIAL CONTRACT- if gov. fails to protect people’s rights, they can get a new gov.
WOLLSTONECRAFT
• Thought men and women should have equal rights.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• What were artistic ideas of the Enlightenment?
COMPOSERS
• Those who write songs.
ORCHESTRAS
• Large groups of musicians.• PERCUSSION- keeping the beat.• STRINGS- violin, cello, etc.• WOODWINDS- clarinet, oboe, etc.• HORNS- trumpets, trombones, etc.
OPERA
• A play which is sung.
ROMANTICISM
• Art that celebrates human emotions.
REALISM
• Romance does not always work out.
METAPHYSICS
• Study of the existence of God.
KANT
• Divided thoughts in two parts:• PHYSICAL WORLD- can be proven.• SPIRITUAL WORLD- can’t be proven.