Panorama of the Enlightenment

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine DJ; still sealed in original shrinkwraps and as new.. Folio in beige-spine color illus DJ; 319 p.: ill. (many col.); 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index. "A collection of over 400 illustrations that describe the social, political, and cultural atmosphere of the Enlightenment between the late seventeenth century and the French Revolution. "-- Jacket 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. Enlightenment. Siècle des lumières. Kultur. Aufklärung. Time: Geschichte 1680-1790 Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 18e siècle. Europa.