Enlightenment ArtEssay Preview: Enlightenment ArtReport this essayDuring the enlightenment various forms of new art, entertainment and learning institutions came about. Due to new advances in printing, reading became a very widespread form of news and entertainment. Reading, however was not well liked by current rulers and soon had regulations placed upon it such as taxes. With this new found love of reading and discussion new academies and universities began to open. These universities allowed mostly elite class people from different groups to come together to learn and discuss issues. Other, more informal organizations also formed during this time, saloons and secret societies are two such organizations. Due to the middle class intense reading interest, “series” books and libraries came about during this time period. Like books another major form of art and entertainment was music. Famous artists like Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Monteverdi were popular. Orchestra and opera were popular ways to enjoy this music.
The material covered in this reading fits into the ideas of this course in several ways. Like many of the other ideas presented in class, the topics covered show us how some of our current ways of life came about and evolved over time. It also shows us the differences between life now and in the past. We can see how far we have come since the enlightenment.
There are many issues from the reading that are still issues today. Like the 18th century, reading is still very much a part of our lives today, almost everything we do involves reading somehow. Almost every town you will come across has its own library. Books are still a huge form of entertainment both directly, and indirectly (when made into movies). As in the 18th century, literacy rates vary from region to region and from gender to gender. Like the past there is also still a problem with government censorship and taxing on people. Today universities are more prominent than ever. However, now people outside of the elite class attend college as well. Like the saloons and secret societies of the past, today there are books clubs and Greek life. Today music is as popular as ever, with thousands of different artists, concerts and genres.
[quote=FrostyBark]
Read for real, but still be wary of censorship. It will be hard to tell. It will need to be kept under control and controlled only by a trusted and trustworthy source, or something like that that can be done independently.
[quote=CarmintCake]
I’m going to tell you one story… I’m having a very hard time keeping up with my books, for sure. I was lucky enough to live in the early 90’s when the internet brought some great freedom, both to people who bought my work, and to people who bought books for me. I tried to tell this story for several years but I haven’t finished the work I’m about to do. When I got to the first book in 2000, it was a complete success.
[quote=KroganMan]
I was a very young girl. My grandfather, who was in the US at that time, had the most wonderful views of American democracy, and the way it could have been brought about from my point of view by the people had allowed this kind of government, through its very early government, to take over our institutions. I had the opportunity — because it was too late for my family — to move down the hill and run for my life. Some of the people who wanted to do that didn’t — I don’t know what they were thinking — they were looking elsewhere to buy a few things from us, and I wouldn’t have believed it.
[quote=mf]
You know what, I don’t want to get upset with my grandfather about this, I just think he might be very ignorant about us, at least in his own town. Not only was he a little too nice to us, but he also couldn’t stand us and I wanted to feel for him because it was a part of America that he would never feel he deserves. His view of the world as he imagined it was much of what we had known for as far as social justice and equality or democracy — it wasn’t as good for us as it had been for them. That was a very hard pill to swallow, because we all knew that he was a political lunatic, to say the least.
[quote=MjulicaD]
This was the first book I read and I didn’t get much credit for it, but the experience helped me to realize that we don’t need a perfect picture of our own culture to have such a positive view of ourselves, and there is little to criticize you for having that perspective. It was just that simple. In fact, I think most of us today are so comfortable telling our own stories now that they have begun to feel comfortable telling them. I am a little amazed that I’ve been able to bring this message to our books. They have given me the confidence to tell my own lives in this way, and I’m now moving beyond just reading my books.
[quote=Randy]
I was working at Wal-Mart before Walmart closed.
[quote=MjulicaD]
Willy lived a while before that. I also have a college degree. I moved to LA and
[quote=FrostyBark]
Read for real, but still be wary of censorship. It will be hard to tell. It will need to be kept under control and controlled only by a trusted and trustworthy source, or something like that that can be done independently.
[quote=CarmintCake]
I’m going to tell you one story… I’m having a very hard time keeping up with my books, for sure. I was lucky enough to live in the early 90’s when the internet brought some great freedom, both to people who bought my work, and to people who bought books for me. I tried to tell this story for several years but I haven’t finished the work I’m about to do. When I got to the first book in 2000, it was a complete success.
[quote=KroganMan]
I was a very young girl. My grandfather, who was in the US at that time, had the most wonderful views of American democracy, and the way it could have been brought about from my point of view by the people had allowed this kind of government, through its very early government, to take over our institutions. I had the opportunity — because it was too late for my family — to move down the hill and run for my life. Some of the people who wanted to do that didn’t — I don’t know what they were thinking — they were looking elsewhere to buy a few things from us, and I wouldn’t have believed it.
[quote=mf]
You know what, I don’t want to get upset with my grandfather about this, I just think he might be very ignorant about us, at least in his own town. Not only was he a little too nice to us, but he also couldn’t stand us and I wanted to feel for him because it was a part of America that he would never feel he deserves. His view of the world as he imagined it was much of what we had known for as far as social justice and equality or democracy — it wasn’t as good for us as it had been for them. That was a very hard pill to swallow, because we all knew that he was a political lunatic, to say the least.
[quote=MjulicaD]
This was the first book I read and I didn’t get much credit for it, but the experience helped me to realize that we don’t need a perfect picture of our own culture to have such a positive view of ourselves, and there is little to criticize you for having that perspective. It was just that simple. In fact, I think most of us today are so comfortable telling our own stories now that they have begun to feel comfortable telling them. I am a little amazed that I’ve been able to bring this message to our books. They have given me the confidence to tell my own lives in this way, and I’m now moving beyond just reading my books.
[quote=Randy]
I was working at Wal-Mart before Walmart closed.
[quote=MjulicaD]
Willy lived a while before that. I also have a college degree. I moved to LA and