El documento resume los principales eventos y cambios culturales de la Edad Moderna en Europa desde el siglo XVI hasta el siglo XVIII. La Edad Moderna comenzó con el descubrimiento de América en 1492 y terminó con la Revolución Francesa en 1789. Durante este período hubo grandes avances científicos y tecnológicos, el crecimiento de la población, y el surgimiento de nuevas clases sociales como la burguesía. Los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII se caracterizaron por la expansión de los imperios

1. MODERN
AGE
MODERN AGE STARTED IN 1492 WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF COLUMBUS TO
AMERICA
AND FINISHED IN 1789 WITH THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION

2. MANY CHANGES :
NEW TERRITORIES
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
PROGESS
POPULATION GROWTH
NEW SOCIAL CLASS:
BURGUESSES

3. MODERN AGE
IN EUROPEXVI CENTURY: LONG
VOYAGES
XVII CENTURY: THE
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
XVIII CENTURY: THE
ENLIGHTENMENT

4. XVI CENTURY
.- AFTER AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED, THE LONG VOYAGES
OPENED NEW TRADING ROUTES AND ALSO GAVE PEOPLE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR WORLD.
.- SPAIN WAS THE MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY , THANKS TO
THE GOLD AND SILVER THAT CAME FROM AMERICA
.- A NEW ART STYLE DEVELOPED: THE RENAISSANCE

5. XVII CENTURY
.- KINGS BECAME MORE AND
MORE POWERFUL. THEY
CONTROLLED ALL ASPESCTS OF
GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE
ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
.- A NEW ART STYLE DEVELOPED :
THE BAROQUE
.- FRANCE BECAME THE MOST
POWERFUL COUNTRY

6. XVIII CENTURY
NEW POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MOVEMENT. THE
ENLIGHTENMENT
ENLIGHTENMENT PROMOTED:
.- Equality under law.
.- Freedom of thought
.- Learning
.- Science and technological advances.
.- Democracy…

7. MODERN AGE
IN SPAINXVI CENTURY: THE SPANISH EMPIRE
CHARLES I PHILIP II

8. THE TERRITORY OF PHILIP II WAS SO VAST THAT IT
WAS SAID THAT “THE SUN NEVER SET ON
HIS EMPIRE”

9. THE XVI CENTURY IS ALSO KNOWN AS:
THE SPANISH GOLDEN AGE
DON MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
SAAVEDRA WROTE DON QUIXOTE,
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
NOVELS IN HISTORY.
OTHER IMPORTANT
WRITEROF THIS PERIOD WAS LOPE
DE VEGA.
RENAISSANCE

10. Doménikos Theotokópoulos, en griego Δομήνικος
Θεοτοκόπουλος became famous for his characteristic
elongated figures.
El entierro del Conde
Orgaz
El caballero de la
mano en el pecho La Santa Trinidad

11. XVII CENTURY: THE SPANISH DECLINE
THREE HABSBURG KINGS REIGNED
PHILIP III
PHILIP IV
CHARLES II
SPAIN WAS NO LONGER THE MOST POWERFUL
EUROPEAN NATION

12. Traten otros del gobierno
del mundo y sus monarquías,
mientras gobiernan mis días
mantequillas y pan tierno,
y las mañanas de invierno
naranjada y aguardiente,
y ríase la gente…..
Érase un hombre a una nariz pegado,
érase una nariz superlativa,
érase una nariz sayón y escriba,
érase un pez espada muy barbado.
Era un reloj de sol mal encarado,…..
LITERATU
RE
GÓNGORA
QUEVEDO
BAROQUE

13. PAINTING
VELAZQUEZ
MURILLO
ZURBARÁN

14. XVIII CENTURY: ENLIGHTENMENT
.- SPANISH WAR OF
SUCCESSION
.- NEW DINASTY: BOURBON
PHILIP V
CHARLES III

15. NEOCLASSICISM
SIMPLICITY AND USEFULNESS
GOYA

16. 1789 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
END OF MODERN AGEAND BEGINNING OF CONTEMPORARY
AGE