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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1995-05-30  |  19.2 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  15 minutes, 14 seconds
Transcription: The Enlightenment the age and its art. When the 18th century began, the robust vigor of the grand style of Louis XIV was diminishing. By the end of the 18th century, America and Europe were caught up in the passions of revolution, which were to end three centuries of absolute monarchy. The Enlightenment grew out of the 18th of Louis in the 17th century and led to the era of revolutions at the end of the 18th century. To understand the Enlightenment as a style of life and of art, we must understand its heritage and foundation in the Baroque. The grandiose Baroque style of the 17th century, its ...