The eighteenth century was a time of major political upheaval, when the middle class grew larger, becoming richer and better educated, and demanded freedom from oppressive policies of the church and state In the United States of America, the Constitution also demanded a separation of church and state The ideals of the Enlightenment took root in Neoclassical art; artists working in the Neoclassical style looked to ancient Greece and Rome for their inspiration They abandoned the ornate opulence of the Baroque and Rococo periods and instead focused on creating clean, balanced compositions The figures in these artworks tended to be heroic, and the work typically carried a moral meaning.

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Diffused- a light that spreads soft shadows, may be filtered through translucent material empiricism- the doctrine that says sense experience is the only source of knowledge intelligentsia- the intellectuals of a particular time and place salon- a gathering of people for the purposes of discussion treatise- a written work on a particular subject tyranny- dictatorship: a government that is ruled by one dictator, who is usually brutal

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The eighteenth-century in France and England was a time of great changes, The middle class grew richer and stronger, The printing press meant that many more people were literate, While the aristocracy promoted an opulent art style in France, the English were exploring the idea of liberty in art, landscape and society, Painters such as Watteau and Fragonard in France emphasized love and sex. In England, painters such as Gainsborough and Hogarth painted portraits that both romanticized and satirized the aristocracy.

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