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The objective of Chapter 21 is to examine the arts of the seventeenth century as expressive of absolute power and aristocratic taste.
After reading this chapter, you should be familiar with:
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| 1. Louis XIV's Versailles as a symbol of royal absolutism and an expression of the classical baroque style? |
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| 2. the main characteristics of the aristocratic style in European literature; in music; in the visual arts? |
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| 3. the significance of Molière as a comic dramatist? |
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| 4. how the aristocratic style manifested itself in areas beyond the West: Ottoman Turkey; Mogul India; Ming and Manchu China; Tokugawa Japan? |