Discuss traits that characterize the Enlightenment worldview as reflected in the art/architecture. You may want to discuss how the differences between Enlightenment art and Baroque art reflect differences in how people thought

Human beings were more widely regarded in a positive light in the Enlightenment. Individual thought and the pursuit of happiness were highly praised ideals and aesthetic values. Hogarth's self-portrait shows the ideas of individualism in this age. His art is exactly what he wants to make. and he does it his own damn way. Faith in human progress as a positive force can be seen in the expeditionary feels of the painting by Watteau. As a culmination of the change brought by the Renaissance, the Enlightenment philosophers celebrated the individual and also celebrated greco-roman culture. one such example is the 'death of socrates.' one of the greatest moments of philosophical consistency and a major tragedy of the classical greek period. The individualism stems from the break with the classics even though they were respected. Take "la grande odalisque" for example. While a painting very similar to Titian's "venus" it shows an individual character by placing the subject's back to us. This also followed in sciences, with men like Francis Bacon turning the old Organon on its head and suggesting the modern scientific method. the culture of the day was perhaps a bit arrogant, perhaps a bit right, and mostly all its own.