Panorama of the Enlightenment [Texte imprimé] /
Dorinda Outram
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006
- 1 vol. (319 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm
Bibliogr. p. 315-316
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