1730s
Pre-revolutionary British era
The 1730s refers to the decade spanning 1730 through 1739.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun or adjective to locate events, styles, or conditions within that ten-year period: The 1730s saw the rise of Methodism, a 1730s Virginia plantation.
Decades are often invoked to characterize an era's prevailing mood or circumstances.
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- salonsGrooming establishments
- reasonBasis or justification
Montesquieu · empiricism · rationalism · deism · skepticism · coffeehouse · pamphlets · liberalism
Square dance for eight
- minuetFormal 18th-century dance
- BachGerman composer surname
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
opera · cantata · masquerade · gin · Methodism · Wesley · smallpox · inoculation
Excessively elaborate in style
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
opulence · theatricality · volutes · cartouche · altarpiece · balustrade · chinoiserie · porcelain
Large-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
- settlersThose who establish homes
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
frontier · colonists · charter · missionaries · rum · sugar · Carolinas · Virginia
Voltaire
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- salonsGrooming establishments
Montesquieu · reason · empiricism · rationalism · deism · skepticism · coffeehouse · pamphlets · liberalism · secularism
quadrille
Square dance for eight
harpsichord · opera · cantata · masquerade · gin · Methodism · Wesley · smallpox · inoculation · satire
rococo
Excessively elaborate in style
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
grandeur · opulence · theatricality · volutes · cartouche · altarpiece · balustrade · chinoiserie · porcelain · tapestry
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
mercantilism · frontier · colonists · charter · missionaries · rum · sugar · Carolinas · Virginia · transatlantic
neoclassicism
Movement emulating antiquity's forms
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
portico · column · cornice · façade · ashlar · townhouse · Burlington · Kent · Hogarth · coffeehouse
1730s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
21st century · modern era · 2000s · 1990s · space age
1730sVictorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
Industrial Age · modern times · atomic age · machine age · computer age
1730s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
modern times · 21st century · today · now · contemporary era