Back to Enlightenment
Life in 1700s
Entertainment
Music
New kinds of musical entertainment evolved during 1700s with the spread of Enlightenment ideas. Ballets and operas--plays set to music-- were performed at royal courts. The music of the period followed ordered, structured forms well suited to te Age of Reason.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the towering musical figures of 1700s. As a devout German Lutheran, Bach wrote complex and beautiful religious works for organ and choirs.
George Frederick Handel
Although he was born in Germany, George Frederick Handel spent much of his life in England, where he composed Water Music and other pieces for King George I as well as many operas. His most celebrated work, the Messiah, combined instruments and voices.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart was born in 1756. He became famous as a composer and performer only at six years old. His works helped define the new style of composition. One of his master pieces is The Magic Flute, written during the last year of his life. Although he died early at age 35, his musical legacy thrives today.
Mozart - The Magic Flute - Die Zauberfloete - Karajan - 432 Hz. - COMPLETE OPERA -
Art
In the 1700s, the arts evolved to meet changing tastes.
Baroque
Baroque paintings were huge, colorful and full of excitement. They glorified historical battles or the lives of saints. Such works matched the grandeur of European courts.
Rococo
Rococo style was developed by architects and designers in the mid-1700s. Rococo art was personal, elegant and charming, mostly used for furniture and tapestries decorations or in the portraits.
Society
Peasants' life
In Western Europe, some peasants worked their own patches of land. Some were tenants of large landowners, paying a yearly rent for the land they farmed. Others were day laborers who hired themselves out to work on other people’s farms. But peasants still had to provide free labor.
In central and Eastern Europe, peasants owed labor services to their lords and could be bought and sold with the land.
Back to Enlightenment Exibition
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Back to Enlightenment -- life in 1700s exhibition
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Friday, Jul 12, 2019, 09:00 PM
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