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The eighteenth century
Title statement The eighteenth century : Europe in the Age of Enlightenment / texts by Alfred Cobban, John Summerson, W.H.G. Armytage, D.C. Coleman, K.G. Davies, J.R. Western, L.D. Ettlinger, Robert Shackleton, Olwen H. Hufton ; edited by Alfred Cobban Another responsib. Cobban, Alfred (Author) (Editor) Summerson, John (Author) Armytage, W.H.G. (Author) Coleman, D.C. (Author) Davies, K.G. (Author) Western, J.R. (Author) Ettlinger, L.D. (Author) Shackleton, Robert (Author) Hufton, Olwen H. (Author) Publication London : Thames and Hudson, 1969 Phys.des. 360 strán : čiernobiele a farebné ilustrácie, fotografie ; čiernobiele mapy, pôdorysy, plány ; 36 cm Note Designed and produced by Thames and Husdon, London Obsahuje selektívnu bibliografiu na stranách 346 a 347. Obsahuje zoznam zdrojov a zoznam vyobrazení na stranách 348 až 354. Obsahuje register Incomplete contents Foreword / Alfred Cobban -- I The Pattern of Government. Kings, courts and parliaments from 1660 to the French Revolution / Alfred Cobban -- Church and State -- The fall of the Jesuits -- Bourbon monarchies -- The House of Habsburg -- Aristocracy in Sweden and Poland -- Prussian despotism -- The British solution -- II The Architectural Setting. Royalty, religion and the urban background / Sir John Summerson -- Rococo and rationalism -- Three royal palaces -- The flowering of German Baroque -- A choice of styles -- 'Noble simplicity' -- Archaeology, abstraction and the exotic -- III The Technological Imperative. Scientific discoveries in the service of man / W.H.G. Armytage -- The 'Common Market' of science -- Groping towards evolution -- 'The great ocean of truth' -- The progress of the machine -- On the earth and in the sky -- Illuminati -- IV Countryside and Industry. The economics of an age of change / D.C. Coleman -- Tradition and improvement -- Population and produce -- Trades and crafts -- The rise of the factory -- The key to economic growth -- V Europe Overseas. Slavery, commerce and empire / K.G. Davies -- The ocean-routes -- Slave trade -- Settlers in the New World -- Government at a distance -- Christianity overseas -- Transformations of empire -- Moral purposes and noble savages -- VI War on a New Scale. Professionalism in armies, navies and diplomacy / J.R. Western -- Were foreign policies 'national'? -- Weapons and tactics - on land and at sea -- Diplomacy and neutrality -- Towards Napoleonic warfare -- VII Taste and Patronage. The role of the artist in society / L.D. Ettlinger -- The two faces of 18th-century art -- 'Fêtes galantes' -- Art and morality -- Education through art -- 'Imitation of the Ancients' -- Art and politics -- VIII The Enlightenment. Free inquiry and the world of ideas / Robert Shackleton -- The attack on prejudice -- 'The footsteps of human reason' -- Forming a party -- Paris, the intellectual battlefield -- The beginnings of the Encyclopédie -- Atheists in the drawing-room -- IX The Rise of the People. Life and death among the very poor / Olwen H. Hufton -- A century of suffering -- The plague relents -- 'The common sort' -- Women and children -- The brink of ruin -- The 'ideal' poor -- The Enlightenment looks at poverty -- Charity schools -- X Epilogue: Reform and Revolution. The end of the Ancien Régime -- The rights of man -- Crime and punishment -- 'Natural forces' -- Revolutions that failed -- Unrest in France -- Mounting tension -- The people in power -- Postscript: On Music / Alfred Cobban Subject Headings 18. stor. osvietenstvo dejiny umenie kultúra Form, Genre kolektívne monografie Country United Kingdom Language English Copy count 1, currently available 0, at library only 1 Database Books 
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