ARTHI 6C Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Abstract Expressionism, New York City, White People
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Era of enlightenment-away from religion towards science, philosophy; world pop increase dramatically. New economic ideas *adam smith: the wealth of nation-people should be able to buy and sell land, labor and goods freely. New political ideas-people should be free to choose their government, their govt should protect their liberty, thomas paine-common sense* Joseph wright of derby: used painting to convey mysteriousness of life, new technologies, focus on light, science/experimentation. Each country, people struggled over liberty, equality, and nationalism. U. s. (1776), france (1789), haiti (1791), venezuela (1811) 1748: discovery of the ancient roman city of pompeii-outside naples, italy. 1756-63: seven years" war (britain v. france) Use paintings to convey mysteriousness of life. 34 goes to liverpool to focus on light (cid:522)vesuvius from portici(cid:523) 1774-1776. City was lost for 1500 years-discovered in 1748. Uses imagination of how it looked like-fantasy. Quite a distance (cid:522)an experiment on a bird in an air pump(cid:523) Traveling scientist showing what air pump is.
