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Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

- provinces controlled by rich merchants called regents

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

- provinces controlled by rich merchants called regents

- chief exec. was called the Stadholder - almost always a prince of the House of Orange

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

- provinces controlled by rich merchants called regents

- chief exec. was called the Stadholder - almost always a prince of the House of Orange

- thriving commerce made it Europe’s financial capital

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

- provinces controlled by rich merchants called regents

- chief exec. was called the Stadholder - almost always a prince of the House of Orange

- thriving commerce made it Europe’s financial capital

- dominated overseas trade

Friday, December 13, 2013

Outposts of Constitutionalism

The Dutch Republic:

- formal independence from Spain in 1648

- provinces controlled by rich merchants called regents

- chief exec. was called the Stadholder - almost always a prince of the House of Orange

- thriving commerce made it Europe’s financial capital

- dominated overseas trade

- decline resulted from trade wars w/ England, growing adherence to strict Calvinism, imitating the French

Friday, December 13, 2013

Dutch Art thrived during this “Golden Age”

- focused on every-day life

- marketed to a growing middle class, rather than just the elite

Vermeer, Girl With the Pearl EarringFriday, December 13, 2013

Rembrandt, Staalmeesters

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Search for Order in Elite & Popular Culture

- John Milton’s Paradise Lost - epic poem about Satan’s fall from grace - involved the concept of challenge to authority, the embracing of moral responsibility of Adam & Eve, & the importance of personal freedom to the human experience

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Search for Order in Elite & Popular Culture

- Milton was a staunch critic of censorship, which was increasingly used by governments to enforce social order - he believed that freedom of thought was essential to human dignity

- John Milton’s Paradise Lost - epic poem about Satan’s fall from grace - involved the concept of challenge to authority, the embracing of moral responsibility of Adam & Eve, & the importance of personal freedom to the human experience

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

Baroque:

Classicism:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

Classicism:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

- used by Church to impose awe on beholders

Classicism:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

- used by Church to impose awe on beholders- Bernini - famous architect/sculptor who worked for the papacy

Classicism:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

- used by Church to impose awe on beholders- Bernini - famous architect/sculptor who worked for the papacy

Classicism:

- reflected the ideas of ancient Greece & Rome

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

- used by Church to impose awe on beholders- Bernini - famous architect/sculptor who worked for the papacy

Classicism:

- reflected the ideas of ancient Greece & Rome- geometric shapes, order, symmetry, harmony of lines

Friday, December 13, 2013

Art & Order

- invoked intense emotion, usually religious & spiritual

Baroque:

- used by Church to impose awe on beholders- Bernini - famous architect/sculptor who worked for the papacy

Classicism:

- reflected the ideas of ancient Greece & Rome- geometric shapes, order, symmetry, harmony of lines

- popular in France

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Clever Pup - Jacque-Louis David

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Women’s Roles:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- salons - informal gatherings held by prominent women to discuss love, literature, & philosophy

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Women’s Roles:

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- salons - informal gatherings held by prominent women to discuss love, literature, & philosophy

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Women’s Roles:

- served as launch pads for budding authors

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- salons - informal gatherings held by prominent women to discuss love, literature, & philosophy

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Women’s Roles:

- served as launch pads for budding authors- women began to write & perform at them

Friday, December 13, 2013

Women & Manners

Cultivation of Manners:

- salons - informal gatherings held by prominent women to discuss love, literature, & philosophy

- Through clothing, style, & behavior, nobility attempted to separate themselves from the lower classes

- they rejected popular festivals & entertainment, & turned to private theater & playwrights for lessons in elite etiquette

Women’s Roles:

- served as launch pads for budding authors- women began to write & perform at them- male authors, lawyers, playwrights lambasted the women for stepping out of line & invading the intellectual space that was reserved for men

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

- The lower classes resisted, clung to their traditions, administered “street justice” to punish those whose misbehaved

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

Views on Poverty:

- The lower classes resisted, clung to their traditions, administered “street justice” to punish those whose misbehaved

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

Views on Poverty:- Poverty used to induce charitable sympathies

- The lower classes resisted, clung to their traditions, administered “street justice” to punish those whose misbehaved

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

Views on Poverty:- Poverty used to induce charitable sympathies

- Church & State authorities came to view the poor as a threat to social order

- The lower classes resisted, clung to their traditions, administered “street justice” to punish those whose misbehaved

Friday, December 13, 2013

Reforming Pop Culture- lower class entertainment took the form of fairs & festivals

- elites tried to separate themselves from these affairs and restrict revelry to instill social discipline- Puritans & Catholics tried to root out religious superstitions (i.e. feast days of saints) by encouraging more orthodox observations

Views on Poverty:- Poverty used to induce charitable sympathies

- Church & State authorities came to view the poor as a threat to social order

- Hospitals & hospices (confraternities) were established to get them off the street

- The lower classes resisted, clung to their traditions, administered “street justice” to punish those whose misbehaved

Friday, December 13, 2013

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