Baroque and The Enlightenment

Baroque and The Enlightenment

First let’s set the stage…define absolutism and the baroque era.
What was the social and political climate at this time (mid-1600’s)

(ref. ch.10, p308-10)
How does this painting express and reflect the attitudes of the era and help us define these terms?
“Louis XIV, King of France” (fig. 10.21, page 309)
Baroque and The Enlightenment