1. THE CLASSICAL ERA
1750-1820
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2. ARCHITECTURE OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA
 What distinguishes the classical architecture from any other era is
that the designs were very elegant and symmetrical right down to the
base.
 Another separation from the other era’s was the use of plants and
animals in the carvings.
 Modern influences on classical architecture include the United
States capital buildings, the pantheon in Rome, the Parthenon in
Greece, and some architecture found in Williamsburg.

3. INVENTIONS OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA
 1760 - Industrial Revolution begins
 1763 - Watts invents the first steam powered engine
 1769 - Watt's steam engine patented
 1771 - First edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
 1775 - Electric battery invented by Volta
 1788 - Steamboat invented by John Fitch
 1796 - First vaccination
 1821 - Electric motor and generator invented by Faraday

4. IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA
Important people and events of the classical era include:
 1732 – The birth of George Washington
 1752 – Benjamin proves that lightning is electricity
 1760 – George III crowned king of England
 1770 – James Cook discovered east coast of Australia
These people contributed to how the society would later function with
these discoveries

5. POLITICS OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA
POLITICS IN AMERICA
 1754 - 1763 French and Indian war was waged
 1760 - Industrial revolution began
 1775 - 1783 American revolution
 1776 - American declaration of independents
 1789 - George Washington was elected first President
 1791 - Bill Of Rights
 1799 - Great Revival in America
 1803 - Louisiana Purchase

6. THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
 The impact of the revolution left the French financially prostrate.
 The British were left with a booming society thanks to the return of
American business.
 The Americans were not so lucky though. The cost of the war left America in
a national debt of $114 million by the states and $37 million by the government.
 Benefits to the Americans were the guaranteed rights to their freedom and
the creation of a more perfect union for a strong central democracy.

7. ART AND MUSIC OF THE
CLASSICAL ERA
Classical art had the following traits:
 Sharp
 Simple
 Calm
 Elegant
 Orderly
This style of art also applies to the music of the era. Music was soft, clean, and elegant. Classical music focused
on the clarity of the music while regarding melodic expression and instrumental color.
An example can be heard here.

8. POPULAR INSTRUMENTS
OF THE DAY
 The standard orchestra was really established in the Classical
period, so orchestral instruments
 (violins, flutes, trumpets etc.) were by far the most common.
 Harpsichords were popular for the first half, overtaken by
pianos in the later years of the period. Some instruments from the
Baroque were still popular.

9. WOLFGANG AMADEUS
MOZART
• Born – January 27, 1756
• Born in Salzburg but spent most of his time living
in Vienna, Austria
• Mozart showed prestigious ability early in life
• At the age of five he began composing music and
performing for European royalty. At 17, he was
engaged as a court musician in Salzburg.
• He later left Salzburg in search of better
opportunities
• Choosing to stay in Vienna, where his most famous
writings were written.

10. FAMILY BACKGROUND
His father Leopold (1719–1787) was from Augsburg.
He was deputy Kapellmeister to the court orchestra of
the Archbishop of Salzburg, a minor composer, and an
experienced teacher. In the year of Mozart's birth, his
father published a violin textbook, Versuch einer
gründlichen Violinschule, which achieved success

11. CHILDHOOD
 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria
Pertl Mozart at 9 Getreidegasse in Salzburg, capital of the sovereign
Archbishopric of Salzburg, in what is now Austria but, at the time, was
part of the Holy Roman Empire. His only sibling to survive past birth
was Maria Anna (1751–1829), called "Nannerl". Wolfgang was baptized
the day after his birth at St. Rupert's Cathedral. The baptismal record
gives his name in Latinized form as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus
Theophilus Mozart. He generally called himself "Wolfgang Amadè
Mozart"[4] as an adult, but there were many variants.

12. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
He was born on 30 August 1748 he was a French painter who
influenced many others

13. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM
 was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style,
considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the
1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change
in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity
and severity, heightened feeling chiming with the moral climate
of the final years of the Ancien Régime.

14. SOURCES
 Classical Architecture
 Classical Music
 More Classical Music
 Classical Period
 Timpani Drums
 Haydn
 Mozart