The Enlightenment was the most important philosophical movement of the 18th century. Most of ideas and ideals were new, and there was no other culture that was being idealized at the time, such as for instance happened with the Renaissance in the 15th/16th century which re-discovered and idealized the ideas and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Culturally - in the arts and <span>What culture was idealized in the eighteenth century?architecture - the eighteenth century was the period of first the Baroque and </span>later, the Rococo style. Both styles were heavily influenced by the Catholic Church and its Contra-Reformist policies. No specific other culture was <span>'idealized' there either. </span>
