Panorama of the Enlightenment

Panorama of the Enlightenment

by Dorinda Outram (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 06 Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 0500251312
ISBN 13: 9780500251317
Book Overview: This illustrated compendium explores the phenomenon of 'The Enlightenment' in all its forms, from ideas and letters to interiors and politics

Media Reviews
'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
'Welcome and well-produced' - The Burlington Magazine
Author Bio
Dorinda Outram is Franklin I. Clark Professor of History at the University of Rochester, New York. Her distinguished academic career has taken her to Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, the Max Planck Institute, Berlin, and the National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris.