Artisanal enlightenment : science and the mechanical arts in Old Regime France /

What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective of artistes, the learned artisans with esprit, who presented themselves in contrast to philosophers, savants, and routine-bound craftsmen? Making a radical change of historical protagonists, the author places the mechanical arts and the wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bertucci, Paola (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
Temas:
1700-1799
Science > France > History > 18th century.
Science > Philosophy.
Enlightenment > France.
Sciences > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
SCIENCE > History.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Science > Philosophy
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Science
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : savants, artisans, artistes
  • 1. Lost knowledge and the history of the arts
  • 2. Réaumur and the science of the arts
  • 3. Theory, practice, improvement
  • 4. Society of Arts
  • 5. The politics of writing about making
  • 6. L'Esprit in the machine
  • Epilogue.

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