Enlightenment Discovering the World (Paperback) /anglais - Softcover

KIM SLOAN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714150207 ISBN 13: 9780714150208

Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM, 2004

Synopsis

The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations. Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding the world. The King's Library was built to house the books donated from the royal libraries of King George II and King George III and they epitomize the interest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in scholarship and study. Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic disciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organized their ideas and reached their conclusions.

About this title

About the Author:

Kim Sloan is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints & Drawings In the British Museum and lead curator of the new Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library. The other contributors are drawn from The British Museum, British Library, Science Museum and Natural History Museum.

Review:

"'Affirmative and enjoyable' The Art Newspaper; 'Visually and textually stunning...' The Good Book Guide"

About this edition

• Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0714150207
• ISBN 13: 9780714150208
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304