Spread of the Enlightenment

The ArtsParis – center of The

EnlightenmentSalons – social gatherings

Marie-Therese GeoffrinDenis Diderot

Encyclopediabanned by Catholic Church

Neoclassical StyleWAS - Baroque (grand, ornate) had been in fashion

BECAME -NeoclassicalSimple and elegantBorrowed from classic Greece and Rome

MusicWAS – dramatic organ and choral

BECAME – classicalLighter and more elegant

HaydnMozartBeethoven

LiteratureNovels

Plots, suspense, character thoughts and feelingsSamuel Richardson

PamelaHenry Fleming

Tom Jones

The MonarchiesEnlightened despots

Frederick the GreatPrussia

Joseph IIAustria

Catherine the GreatRussia