Life in the 1700s
History Museum
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Works: Toccata in Fugue D Minor, Minuet in G Major
George Fredric Handel
Works: The Triumph of Time and Truth, Messiah
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Works: Symphony No. 40, Symphony No. 6
Music was all instrumental and had few vocals at this time. Composers were well known back then, and many of their pieces are still played today. There were few operas, but symphony orchestras were a popular form of entertainment.
Art in the 1700s
In the 1700s, paintings and art had changed from work that expresses emotion, to portraits of fierce rulers, in which the art showed their brave side.
This is a painting called, "The Happy Accidents of the Swing." This is one of the paintings that showed an emotion that the onlooker can see. This was painted around 1770.
Baroque
Description of Music: storytelling music, religious theme, many solo instruments
Time Period: 1600-1750s
Rococo
Description: simple harmonies and short melodies, appealed to the aristocrats, graceful style
Time Period: mid 18th century
Peasant Life
Art in the 1800s
Realism
- represents the world "as it is"
- depicted the harsh side of life
- rejected imagination
Romanticism
- against the enlightenment
- contained a hero who did not represent the "normal" in society
- legends
Impressionism
- almost like a picture
- no brush strokes are shown
- viewer's eye
- fresh view
Photography
- camera
- camera could see what the paint could not
- no paint
Post- Impressionism
- George Seurat
- Small dots- shapes and objects
- Van Gough
Art in the 1900s
Cubism
- basic geometric patterns
- constructed with basic shapes- fragments
- many viewpoints at the same time
- distorted picture
Abstract
- doesn't show recognizable objects
- scenery is distorted
- expressive
- does not portray natural world
Dada
- disturb the view of the eye
- shock the middle class
- political
Surrealism
- began in 1924
- anti-art movement
- twisting the view of the world
- absurd view of life
Architecture
- rejected classics
- Bauhaus School- blended technology and science with design
- glass, steel, and concrete were used
Music
- "The Jazz Age"
- Louis Armstrong- trumpet
- rhythms and simple melodies
- radios brought music into the home