Throughout the enlightenment people began to take notice of their everyday surroundings. This was evident in the paintings of this erra. Artists began to document common house hold objects and normal behaviour, rather than the traditional religious paintings. This approach furthermore developed into the sublime. The idea of taking a step back and looking at the beauty around you and appreciating it. "The sublime, therefore was the ultimate experience of divinity, a mixture of awe, fear, and the enlightenment produced by the contemplation of a powerful, terrifying nature"
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/patten/sublime.html
Edmund burke, london 1865-1867
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