Sojourner Truth is best known for her improvised speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?” delivered at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.
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Sojourner Truth is best known for her improvised speech on racial inequalities, “Ain’t I a Woman?” delivered at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.
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Learn about the movement for women’s equality that precipitated the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and what its attendees – including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott – hoped to achieve.
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Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen (1791)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
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Composer, Pianist (1756–1791)
A prolific artist, Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he produced over 600 works.
Baroque composer George Handel was born February 23, 1685, in Halle, Germany. In 1704 Handel made his debut as an opera composer with Almira. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music before forming the New Royal Academy of Music in 1727. When Italian operas fell out of fashion, he started composing oratorios, including Messiah. George Handel died April 14, 1759, in London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period.
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The Enlightenment stands as the moment the West withdrew from religion and superstitions and found its faith in REASON.
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Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) was a Scottish economist, philosopher and author as well as a moral philosopher, a pioneer of political economy and a key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment, also known as ”The Father of Economics” or ”The Father of Capitalism”.
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Denis Diderot (1713 -1784) French man of letters and philosopher who, from 1745 to 1772, served as chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the principal works of the Age of Enlightenment.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. (1712–1778)
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Philosopher, Government Official, Legal Professional, Writer (1689–1755)
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Academic, Philosopher, Political Scientist, Journalist, Historian (1588–1679)
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Philosopher (1632–1704)
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hu·man·ism – noun
– an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
– a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.
Humanism is thought to have begun in the late 14th-century in Italy and was a major movement of the Renaissance. According to research published in Oxford Bibliographies, it spread to the rest of Europe in the mid-15th century and by the 16th century, it was the dominant intellectual movement. Continue reading → Post ID 28242
Before the French Revolution
Illustrative Example (p 70) – Arts and Monumental Architecture: (European palaces such as Versailles)
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