Enlightenment and Artistic Movements

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salons

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social gatherings for discussing ideas and enjoying art

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baroque

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grand, ornate style in arts and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s

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neoclassical

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simple, elegant style in 1700s, inspired by ancient Greece and Rome

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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argued for greater education opportunities for women and urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics

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enlightened despot

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one of the 18th-century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule fairly and respect the rights of subjects

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Catherine the Great

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Czarina of Russia who took steps to reform and modernize Russia.