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17th Century
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Cultural Production
The arts flourished under royal patronage and the influence of new philosophical ideas, though the prevailing mood remained one of heightened emotionality reflecting religious anxiety.
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Conservative Shift
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The Aesthetic Reversion (Post-Romantic Example)
In the arts, the Conservative Shift often triggers an aesthetic reversion, moving from the emotive intensity of the preceding movement toward clarity, form, and demonstrable utility. Following the Romantic period, which emphasized subjective experience and the sublime terror of the untamed natural world, the ensuing conservative aesthetic often privileged recognizable narrative structures and accessible symbolism.
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European Romantic Period
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The European Romantic Period, spanning roughly from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, was a transformative intellectual and artistic movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, nature, and the glorification of the past. It emerged primarily as a reaction against the Enlightenment's perceived over-reliance on reason, order, and classical formalism [Schmidt, 198…
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Aesthetics and the Critique of Progress
Rousseau maintained a consistently skeptical stance toward the notion that arts and sciences inherently improve human morality, a cornerstone belief of many of his Enlightenment colleagues. He argued that sophisticated culture often masks moral decay.
His critique of the Rococo style, for instance, was not merely stylistic; he viewed its perceived frivolity and ornate complexity as symptomatic of a society that valued superficial ornamentation o… -
Mughal Empire
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The Mughal Empire (also referred to as the Timurid Empire of Hindustan) was an imperial power that dominated a vast expanse of the Indian subcontinent and peripheral territories from the early 16th century until the mid-19th century. Established by Babur, a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan, the empire succeeded the Delhi Sultanate and became renowned for its monumental architecture, sophistica…