Here is the most comprehensive and accessible visual sourcebook and survey of the Enlightenment – its people, its horizons, its defining characteristics, its whole culture. Features hundreds of painstakingly researched illustrations from the widest range of sources. Special ‘picture essays’ explore selected themes in depth.
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Featuring hundreds of researched illustrations from the widest range of sources, this book features a comprehensive and accessible survey of the Enlightenment its people, its horizons, its defining characteristics, its whole culture.
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Introduction: Archetypes of the Enlightenment • 1. What Was the Enlightenment? • 2. The Sociable Enlightenment • 3. Marriage, Children and Gender: the Enlightenment Family • 4. The Global Enlightenment • 5. ‘Know Thyself’: the Self and Experience • 6. Authority and Architecture • 7. Science and Medicine • 8. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Enlightenment
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'This gorgeous visual sourcebook on the union of ideas and art is lavishly crammed with pictures and extensive essays, complemented by the excellent production values of T&H and a cover that encapsulates the ambition and scope of the era' - The Bookseller
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This illustrated compendium explores the phenomenon of 'The Enlightenment' in all its forms, from ideas and letters to interiors and politics
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780500251317
Publisert
2006-11-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Høyde
280 mm
Bredde
219 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320
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