Outram, Dorinda.
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006.
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- 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.
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