1. Pre-Enlightenment
1.1. Society based on divine-right rule
1.2. Strict class system
1.3. Belief in heavenly reward for earthly suffering
1.4. Irrational and unscientific ideas
2. Artistic Styles
2.1. Baroque
2.1.1. Huge, colorful, and full of excitement
2.1.2. Glorified historic battles
2.1.3. Glorified the lives of saints
2.1.4. Age of Louis XIV
2.2. Rococo
2.2.1. Age of Louis XV
2.2.2. Lighter, elegant, and charming
2.2.3. Moved away from religion
2.2.4. Vast audience in the upper class and growing middle class
3. Enlightened Despots
3.1. Absolute rulers who used their power to bring about social and political chnage
3.2. Frederick the Great (1740-1786)
3.2.1. "First servant of the state"; duty to work for the common good
3.2.2. Reduced the use of torture and allowed a free press
3.2.3. Tolaterated religious differences
3.2.4. Still wanted a stronger monarchy and wanted power for himself
3.3. Catherine the Great of Russia (1762)
3.3.1. Abolished torture
3.3.2. Established religious tolerance
3.3.3. Criticized serfdom
3.4. Joseph II of Austria
3.4.1. Supported religious equality of Protestants and Jews
3.4.2. Ended censorship
3.4.3. Attempted to bring the Catholic Church under royal control
3.4.4. Abolished serfdom
4. Exchange of Ideas
4.1. Censorship: restricting access to Ideas and information
4.1.1. Philosophes disguised ideas in fiction
4.2. Salons
4.2.1. Originated in the 1600s
4.2.2. Informal social gatherings for philosophes to exchange ideas
4.2.3. Madame Geoffrin ran one of the most respected salons
4.2.3.1. Mozart
4.2.3.2. Diderot
5. New Forms of Music
5.1. Transition from baroque to rococo
5.2. Classical music became popular
5.3. Opera and ballet became popular among the upper and middle class (Mid 1700s)
5.4. Haydn
5.4.1. Developed forms for the string quartet and the symphony
5.5. Mozart
5.5.1. Helped define the new style of composition
5.6. Bach
5.6.1. Wrote religious works for organs and choirs as well as sonatas for violin and harpsichord