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Question 0

marquise du Deffand (1697-1780)

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Abandoned husband in provinces and established herself in Paris

Question 1

Thérèse de Geoffrin (1699-1777)

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Welcomed encyclopedists to her salon. Let then work in secret.

Question 2

Freemasons

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Established in London 1717 France and Italy in 1726, and Prussia in 1744. Sympathetic to philosophes

Question 3

Rococo

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New style of architecture. 1730s. Rejected strict geometrical patterns.

Question 4

Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753)

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Church of Fourteen Saints, Bishops Palace (Residenz)

Question 5

Neoclassicism

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Wanted to retain dignity and simplicity of Greek/Roman art.

Question 6

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

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Oath of the Horatii. Emphasis on patriotism, seriousness. Neoclassical. Popular in French Revolution.

Question 7

Bach (1685-1750)

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Director of music at the church of Saint Thomas. Saint Matthews Passion, masterpiece.

Question 8

Handel (1685-1759)

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Stormy international career, profoundly secular. Banned for Fireworks Music. Messiah.

Question 9

Haydn (1713-1809)

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Composed 104 symphonies. Wrote The Creation and The Seasons.

Question 10

Mozart (1756-1791)

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The Marriage of Figaro. Don Giovanni.

Question 11

Samuel Richardson (1689-1761)

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Pamela. Virtue Rewarded. Printer by trade. Wrote novels in his fifties.

Question 12

Fielding (1707-1754)

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Wrote novels about people without scruples. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (a lengthy novel)

Question 13

Philosophe-historians

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Philosophes like Voltaire who revolutionized writing of history. Expressed dislike of Christianity in works.