Contrast the group of French thinkers known as the philosophes and the aristocracy.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- The philosophes were open to discussing any topic with no "polite" restrictions.
- The philosophes were deist, believing that the universe proceeded in natural law.
- Philosophes objected openly to the aristocratic structure of the monarchy and Church.
- Members of the aristocracy had a taste for elaborate ornamentation and the pursuit of pleasure, as seen in Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Swing, while the philosophies were known for their meditation and contemplation, as in Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin's A Philosopher Occupied with His Reading.
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a. He needed time to fabricate much of what he claimed to find. b. He was worried that what he found would prove politically explosive. c. He wanted time to carefully catalogue and preserve what he found. d. He wanted to arrange the sale of what he found.
Romantic composers preferred to compose _______ rather than _______, preferring music with an intended pictorial or literary association.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).