CH 20 – The 18th & 19th Centuries: Six main movements: Rococo‚ Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ (The Academy)‚ Realism‚ Impressionism (Macchiaioli) & Postimpressionism Rococo is a unique style occurring toward the end of the Baroque period. It is a much more ornate style that shows sweetness‚ gaiety‚ and light; painterly and pastel features. It is chiefly characterized by the representation of the leisurely activities of upper class society by a frivolous choice of themes. Rococo is derived
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One word that is often utilized to portray the Fourteenth century is “calamitous.” This characterizes the time period as disastrous and cataclysmic. Three events that justify the description of the Fourteenth century as calamitous are: the Hundred Years’ War‚ the decline of the Catholic Church‚ and the Black Death. The Hundred Years’ War was a series of wars between the feudal societies of France and England. The decline of the Catholic Church was mostly the result of two events. The first event
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The eighteenth century in Europe is consistently called a time of Enlightenment. The considerations of the Enlightenment orchestrated the way for the snappy progress of the following century. In the distinctive branches of human expressions‚ new musings were making‚ taking up with each other‚ and framing the lifestyle and innovative legacy of Europe. It was starting now‚ and particularly in the midst of the manage of Peter the Great that Russia began to take an enthusiasm for the standard marvelous
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The 18th century theatre » The beginnings of American theatre The strongly Puritan sentiments of settlers in North America prohibited the development of theatre until the early 18th century‚ when a number of English actors arrived in the South and began staging plays in temporary venues. The first theatres were built in Williamsburg‚ Va. (c. 1716)‚ and Charleston‚ S.C. (1730). By the mid-1730s a number of theatres had opened in New York‚ and in 1752 the first visiting company from London performed
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(Dolan‚ 1995). In addition‚ anyone who dissented from the Puritans‚ such as the Quakers‚ were either killed or exiled from the colony because they “posed a threat to the order and harmony of the Massachusetts colony” (Dolan‚ 1995‚ p. 20). By the 18th century‚ however‚ Puritans began to tolerate the existence of some other religions‚ but church and state were still not separated. The key word there is ‘some’ because the Puritans still discriminated against Roman Catholics and Jews (Dolan‚ 1995). It
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In the early 18th century‚ North America was divided into the English speaking colonies‚ the French-speaking colonies‚ the French colonies which included Acadia and Louisiana; and Spanish territories in the South-West in the USA. There was no clear line of what Canada was and what the USA was. The border areas were dangerous places at that time as the tension between Britain and French was clearly tangible. The territory of Acadia has gone through multiple changes of claims. In 1613 British people
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housewife and to be a respected member of society. -When women were single‚ and therefore were not yet responsible for running a household or raising children‚ women had more freedom during these years than they would ever have again. Courting gave women power; it was their decision whether to accept or reject a suitor. -For the most part‚ women married quickly in fear that waiting too long might eliminate the availability or choice of husbands. The choice of a husband was very important since‚ once made
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Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.
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tobacco. But once the servants had served their terms of indenture‚ they became free men and women‚ and were given fifty acres of land. Their indenture was usually seven years. The supply of indentured servants slowed down by the end of the seventeenth century‚ and planters slowly began to shift to slave labor. Virginia planters started to get involuntary slaves. They imported large numbers of African slaves. The majority of blacks that lived in Chesapeake worked on tobacco plantations and large farms.
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extend the Bracero program. It can be traced back to a nativist notion that the braceros were taking jobs away and with substantial numbers coming in that they created a threat to society. Know nothing Party- Nativist group active in the mid 19th century. They were concerned with political corruption and immigrant involvement in political machines. Rather than seeking to restrict immigration‚ the Know Nothing Party wanted to make it more difficult for immigrants to naturalize or hold high offices
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