ENLIGHTENMENTResearch Project

RichardsonJeb Britt3/16/11

Important peopleThomas Paine : Said that it was the age of reason.

Rachel Ruysch: Famous women artist.Edmund Burke : Famous writer during this time.

David Hume : Religion actavist

Enlightenment Era

The era in western philosophy , intellectual,

scientific and cultural life , centered upon the 18th

century and was known as the “ Age Of Reason”.

LiteratureNew topics came upon during this era such

as Social upheaval, reversal of personal status, political satire, geographical

exploration and the comparison between the supposed natural state of man and the

supposed civilized state of man.

ArtThe type of art work that were popular in this era were the barogue forms. Also the art work of the greek statues were

brought back and became popular again. The painting style of rococo became popular as well. A popular artist of

the rococo painting’s was Antoine Watteau

Religion The age of enlightenment was a huge controversial

era for science and religious beliefs. People began to question the church. Many famous enlightenment writers

“questioned and attacked the existing institutions of

both church and state” David Hume

Women on the RiseWomen painters finally started increasing during this era but they were so limited by tradition that it was hard for them to get real popular. A famous women painter during this time was Rachel Ruysch and she lived from (1664 – 1750). She also was a rococo painter and that’s how she got popular.

Writing vs. Church

The age of enlightenment was a huge controversial

era for science and religious beliefs. People began to

question the church. Many famous enlightenment

writers “questioned and attacked the existing

institutions of both church and state” David Hume

Famous Quote

“ The fabrick of superstition has in this our age and nation

received much ruder and shocks than it had ever felt before; and throw the chinks and breaches

of our prison, we see such glimmerings of light, and feel

such refreshing airs of liberty, as daily raise our ardor for more.” -

Edmund Burke.

How the way people thought changed!

The views of the enlightenment era writers and people went

against the views of the church but these views expanded

thinking and writing to a higher potential. They made it to were people didn’t just automatically

think of something. They thought it threw and thought of different ways things could happen and which was the most likely and

reasonable.

Social

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The social and cultural approach on this time changed due to the enlightenment era. Most of the changes occurred in Europe and the whole concept of the era was to change the way they thought of things and look at it a different way and that led to the society changing because

they were all looking at it different.

How did society view it?

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Roger Chartier described it as “casting doubt on two different idea’s”. That’s what they overall

did, they would combine two different idea’s to form one or they would doubt an idea and test

it or try to prove it wrong.

Europe

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Europe was known as a big part of the enlighenment period. It is also said that one of the main reason of

social interpretation is the rise of the public sphere in Europe. That’s why Europe is known as one of the

main places that the enlightenment period took place and started.

The 18th century

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The 18th century played a huge role in the enlightenment era mainly because that is when everything took place. All the social, literature,

political, and religious events happened in this time for the enlightenment era. If it were to have been in a different century it could have been totally different.

Age Of Reason

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The age of reason is the main term and slogan for the enlightenment era. It was called this because do to this era

everyone questioned different things and came up with different reasons for everything, most of the time they tried to

come up with a better answer for things to make it sound more reasonable.

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