The Restoration Period in England from 1660-1689 saw the restoration of the monarchy under King Charles II. During this time, literacy rates rose to 50% of men, factories began to spring up marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and coffee houses became popular places for educated men to socialize and discuss politics and literature. Styles of the period included baldrics, cannon knee ribbons, and periwigs. Neoclassical literature featuring satire also emerged, as did Rococo and Neoclassical styles in art which drew inspiration from ancient Greece and Rome.

1. THE RESTORATION PERIOD
(1660-1689)

2. The English monarchy was restored when Charles II of
England (above) became king in 1660.

3. HISTORICAL PERIOD

4. • 50% of men are functionally literate (a dramatic rise)
• Factories begin to spring up as industrial revolution
begins
• Coffee houses-where educated men spend evenings
with literary and political associates
• In many ways it is the modern eras's birth, science,
commons powers, mass media, and orders

5. STYLE

6. BALDRIC
A diagonal sash that went
across the body that would
hold the sword, display
metals and show status.

7. CANNON
Bunches of ribbon loops
affixed at the knee, worn
between 1660 and 1670.

8. PERIWIG
At first it was made to look like
natural hair, but eventually an
artificial effect was cultivated.

9. WAISTCOAT
A sleeveless vest that was worn
under a coat and was the same
length as the coat.

10. LITERATURE TIMELINE

11. Neoclassical Literature is marked by comedies,
influenced by the French theater and marked by
satire.

16. ART

17. NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD
Neoclassical art is a form of art
harkening back to the
grandeur of ancient Greece and
Rome.

18. The period is known for its
fanciful and graceful
asymmetric ornamentation
in art and architecture.
THE ROCOCO PERIOD

19. THE END OF THE RESTORATION

20. 1. Charles II as the Restoration, whole others
maintain that his entire regime was the
Restoration
2. The Restoration applies the period from Charles
II’s ascension in 1660 to the fall of James II in
1688

21. THANKS