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Panorama of the Enlightenment / Dorinda Outram.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006.Description: 319 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0892368616 (hardcover)
  • 9780892368617 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.1094/09033 22
LOC classification:
  • B802 .O985 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Archetypes of the enlightenment -- 1: What was the enlightenment? -- The language of light -- The encylcopédie, engine of the enlightenment -- 2: The sociable enlightenment -- Getting together: coffee houses and conversation -- Reading: the making of the enlightenment -- 3: Marriage, children and gender: the enlightenment family -- Enlightenment animals -- The comfortable home -- 4: The global enlightenment -- The four continents -- Mythical China: Chinoiserie, Mandarins and markets -- 5: Exploring the self -- Masks and masked balls: disguising the self -- The island of love -- 6: Authority and architecture -- The Salines de Chaux -- Sands Souci: Frederick II of Prussia, palaces and a Chinese pavilion -- 7: Science and medicine -- Isaac Newton: exploring the cosmos and capturing light -- The art of anatomy -- 8: Epilogue: the legacy of the enlightenment -- The vision of Matthias Koeppel.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks B802.O985 2006 1 Available 33710001100838

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.

Introduction : Archetypes of the enlightenment -- 1: What was the enlightenment? -- The language of light -- The encylcopédie, engine of the enlightenment -- 2: The sociable enlightenment -- Getting together: coffee houses and conversation -- Reading: the making of the enlightenment -- 3: Marriage, children and gender: the enlightenment family -- Enlightenment animals -- The comfortable home -- 4: The global enlightenment -- The four continents -- Mythical China: Chinoiserie, Mandarins and markets -- 5: Exploring the self -- Masks and masked balls: disguising the self -- The island of love -- 6: Authority and architecture -- The Salines de Chaux -- Sands Souci: Frederick II of Prussia, palaces and a Chinese pavilion -- 7: Science and medicine -- Isaac Newton: exploring the cosmos and capturing light -- The art of anatomy -- 8: Epilogue: the legacy of the enlightenment -- The vision of Matthias Koeppel.