by Dorinda Outram (Author)
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.
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