Panorama of the Enlightenment

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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