17th-century
Colonial America's time
The 17th century spans the years 1601–1700.
As an adjective, 17th-century describes things from or characteristic of that period: 17th-century literature, a 17th-century farmhouse.
The hyphen is standard when the phrase modifies a noun.
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
- CaravaggioRenaissance-era Italian painter
- VelázquezLas Meninas painter
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
chiaroscuro · Dutch Golden Age · still life · portraiture · oil painting · masterwork · canvas · patronage
Ornate artistic period
- colonialOf occupied territories
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
Jacobean · Commonwealth · Puritan · absolutism · mercantilism · witch trials · plague · gunpowder
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
- DonneEnglish metaphysical poet-priest
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
- metaphysical poetryVerse blending intellect and emotion
Cervantes · Paradise Lost · sonnet · soliloquy · iambic pentameter · quarto · folio · pamphlet
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- DescartesCogito ergo sum's author
- LeibnizBaroque-era polymath philosopher-mathematician
telescope · microscope · calculus · gravity · heliocentrism · optics · astronomy · empiricism
Rembrandt
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VermeerBaroque Dutch painter
- CaravaggioRenaissance-era Italian painter
- VelázquezLas Meninas painter
Rubens · chiaroscuro · Dutch Golden Age · still life · portraiture · oil painting · masterwork · canvas · patronage · guild
Baroque
Ornate artistic period
- colonialOf occupied territories
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
Stuart · Jacobean · Commonwealth · Puritan · absolutism · mercantilism · witch trials · plague · gunpowder · monarchy
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
- DonneEnglish metaphysical poet-priest
- MolièreTartuffe's comic creator
Cervantes · metaphysical poetry · Paradise Lost · sonnet · soliloquy · iambic pentameter · quarto · folio · pamphlet · broadside
Galileo
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- DescartesCogito ergo sum's author
Leibniz · telescope · microscope · calculus · gravity · heliocentrism · optics · astronomy · empiricism · Royal Society
doublet
Fitted Renaissance jacket
corset · petticoat · lace · velvet · brocade · musket · rapier · galleon · carriage · candlelit
17th-century21st-century
Present hundred-year span
contemporary · modern-day · present-day · 20th-century · current
17th-centurymodern
Of recent times
contemporary · cutting-edge · state-of-the-art · postmodern · high-tech
17th-centurypostmodern
Skeptical of metanarratives
post-industrial · Digital Age · Victorian · Enlightenment · medieval
17th, century, centuries, centurion, centennial, bicentennial, centenarian, seventeen