Panorama of the Enlightenment - Softcover

Dorinda Outram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500251312 ISBN 13: 9780500251317

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 2006. 319 S. mit zahlreichen, teils ganzseitigen Abbildungen, Pappband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel sowie Schutzumschlag, quart - sehr gutes Exemplar / very good condition / Text englisch -

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Críticas:

'Welcome and well-produced' - The Burlington Magazine '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

Reseña del editor:

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.

Table of Contents

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

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0500251312
• ISBN 13: 9780500251317
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320