| Enlightenment Period - Romantic Age Comparisons | | | | people in todayâs society. |
| Researched and Authored by: Michael J. Spindler | | | | Art has traditionally been a reflection and an |
| The authors of this paper are going to present to | | | | artistâs interpretation of the world around |
| the reader five areas of the humanities, art, music, | | | | the artists. During the Age of Enlightenment, there |
| architecture, philosophy, and literature from the | | | | were five major types of art movements; |
| Enlightenment period as well as the Romantic Age. | | | | Neoclassicism, Romanticism, French Naturalism, French |
| The examples chosen are meant to reflect the | | | | Realism, and Impressionism. âIn part a |
| developments and forces that affected world events | | | | reaction against baroque and rococo excesses, |
| and how these examples molded cultural patterns. | | | | neoclassicism is associated, in France, with a return to |
| This evolution of humankinds views of the world and | | | | "virtue" and an acceptance of the new ideological |
| humans place in the world profoundly affected the | | | | demands of the French Revolution. |
| following century and the course of the modern | | | | |