Life in the 1700s
By: Caroline Horn
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Born on March 31, 1685
- Born in Thuringia, Germany
- Famous works include: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and a series called "Branenburg Concertos"
George Frederick Handel
- Born on February 23, 1685
- Born in Halle, Germany
- Famous works include: the opera "Rinaldo", "Messiah" and "Almira"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Born on January 27, 1756
- Born in Salzburg, Austria
- Famous works include: "Die Entfuhrung", the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" and the opera "The Magic Flute"
Art
Baroque
- Description: Stylistically complex, often naturalism and classicism coexisted in one pice of art and it often strives to entice emotion
- Famous works include: "The Conversion of St. Paul" (Pictured above), "The Raising of the Cross" and "The Night Watch"
Rococcco
- Description: Lightness, elegance, exuberance use of curving and refined
- Famous works include: "Lessons of Love", "Diana after the hunt" (Pictured above) and "A Lady in the Garden Taking Coffee With Some Children"
Peasant Life
Daily Life
- Work: Many worked on their own patches of land while some were tenants for large land owners.
- Food: They ate mostly bread, beans, peas and vegetable (they rarely ate meat or dairy products).
- Entertainment: They played games such as hockey, stickball, soccer and golf. They played games, often they were ones they made themselves
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