Art and Music Age of the Enlightenment

Joseph Wright

• Born in 1734

• Portraits, landscapes and interiors

• Industrial and scientific advances-An Experiment on a Bird in

an Air Pump

-A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

-The Alchymist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

• Born in 1756• First to change style- unique and radical• The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and

Cosi fan tutte (operas).• Mass in C Minor, Ave Verum Corpus, and

Requiem (church pieces). • Unfinished pieces

Antonio Vivaldi

• Born in 1678

• Sonatas, operas, and concertos.

• Events and natural scenes

• The Seasons- four concertos for the four seasons.

• Imitation

• Teuzzone and L'Olimpiade

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Antonio Vivaldi

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

• Born in 1696

• Used many colors

• Large-scale decorative frescoes

• Painted walls and ceilings with scenes

The Trinity Appearing to Saint Clement

The Empire of Flora

Richard Wilson

• Born in 1713

• Scenery and landscapes

• First one to depict landscape

Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle

Sir Godfrey Kneller

• 42 portraits of the Kit-Cat Club members

• Whig Party and well-known writers

James ll Sir Godfrey Kneller

William Hogarth

• Everyday life and portraits

Self-portrait

The Bench