Patronage of the Arts and the Enlightenment’s Influence

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"Patronage of the Arts and the Enlightenment’s Influence" Please respond to the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

· Describe the shift in artistic patronage that developed in the 1600s, and identify key factors that signified the diminishing power of the church. Give one (1) example of an artist and his / her artwork or a composer and his / her musical composition, and identify the artist’s or composer’s patron after the shift in artistic patronage.

· Discuss the concept of the “noble savage,” as developed by Rousseau. Explain the manner in which such a concept reflected or contradicted the general philosophical views of the Enlightenment.

Explore resources:

Patronage of the Arts

· Chapter 23, Powerful monarchs using the arts

· Shifting patronage in the Netherlands at http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/dutch_art/ecnmcs_dtchart.html

· Patronage in Rome in the 1600s at http://indianapublicmedia.org/harmonia/harmonia-time-capsule-arts-patronage-17th-century-rome/

Enlightenment and the "Noble Savage"

· Chapter 24 (pp. 785-791); Chapter 25 (pp. 814-815)

· Rousseau summary at http://pages.uoregon.edu/jboland/rousseau.html

· General background of the concept at http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=720