Why Aristocracy? | Rococo, the Enlightenment, and Neoclassicism

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Explore how European art transformed from the playful luxury of Rococo to the reason of the Enlightenment and the moral ideals of Neoclassicism. Works Discussed: A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery, The Swing, Self-Portrait, Oath of the Horatii, Monticello, and George Washington.

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