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Rise of the Public Sphere

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Growth of coffeehouses, salons, and print culture encouraged free exchange of ideas.

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Expansion of Literacy

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Increased schooling and printed materials led to greater literacy.

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Print Culture Boom

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Newspapers, journals, pamphlets, and novels spread Enlightenment ideas.

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Secularization of Culture

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Education, art, and literature became more secular and less controlled by religious institutions.

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Growth of the Novel

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Literary form emphasizing realism and individual experience (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding).

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Cultural Consumption

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Middle class increasingly participated in cultural life (reading, concerts, art).

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Rococo Art

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Playful, ornate, light style with themes of love and leisure. Artists: Watteau, Fragonard.

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Neoclassicism

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Inspired by Greece and Rome; emphasized order, reason, and virtue. Artists: Jacques-Louis David, Ingres.

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Rococo Architecture

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Light, decorative, pastel interiors (e.g., Amalienburg).

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Neoclassical Architecture

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Symmetry, columns, and simplicity (e.g., Pantheon in Paris).