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Period: 1450 to
Commercial Revolution
- Expansion of trade, banking, economic practices in Europe
- Lays foundation for modern capitalism the Industrial Revolution
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Period: 1450 to
Period 1 (1450-1648)
Includes Unit 1 2 -
Period: 1450 to 1550
Renaissance
- Revival of interest in culture, trade, art, education
- Humanism individualism
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Period: 1450 to
Age of Exploration
- Columbian Exchange Triangular Trade
- Exploration, trade, colonization of the New World
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Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
- Started from Martin Luther's split from the RCC
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Period: 1535 to 1563
Catholic (Counter) Reformation
- Council of Trent
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Period: 1550 to
Baroque Art
- Replaces mannerism
- Art of the Catholic Reformation
- Dramatic movement, color, lighting effects to evoke intense emotion spiritual awe, over-ornamentation, curved lines
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Period: 1580 to
Witchcraft period
- Huge increase in accusations of witchcraft (especially women)
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Period: to
Period 2 (1648-1815)
Includes Unit 3, 4, 5 -
Period: to
Rococo Art
- Similar to baroque art, but it is more ornamental less formal
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Period: to
Neoclassicism
- Revival of interest in classical art (similar to the Renaissance)
- Initially it was a reaction to the excess amounts of rococo art
- Reflected the age of Enlightenment
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Period: to
Period (1815-1914)
Includes Unit 6 7 -
Period: to
Romanticism
- Reaction to the Enlightenment/neoclassicism Industrial Revolution
- Expression of emotional nationalism heroism
- Glorifies nature, the peasants, the past, individual experiences, nationalistic movements
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Period: to
Realism
- Made possible by the Industrial Revolution because it made materials more accessible a reaction to Romanticism's sentiments emotions
- Represented things as realistically as possible not perfectly by focusing on everyday life
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Period: to
Impressionism
- Impressions of what you see not exactly what is there
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Period: to
Period 4 (1914-present)
Includes Unit 8 9