The Ancien Régime and the Enlightenment
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Science and art

scientific advances

rococo art

Medicine

Physics and geology

factors

influence of the Enlightenment on education and technological progress

scientific legacy of the 17th century

improvements in people's wellbeing.

1747

1733

1796

Edward Jenner

Stephen Hales

blood pressure in animals.

vaccine for smallpox

obtaining liquid

wound of a person suffering from the disease.

eating lemons prevented scurvy

Scurvy

disease

lack of vitamin C.

longer voyages

1750

1714

1788

James Hutton

Benjamin Franklin

Gabriel Fahrenheitv

1742

Anders Celsius

geology as a science

constant changes

formation of the Earth.

formation of the Earth.

attracted ...to Earth.

conducted

lightning

improved the mercury thermometer

adding a temperature scale in degrees.

100-degree temperature scale.

centres of study were created

allowed knowledge to be spread

impossible to understand the progress of the 18th century

impossible to understand the progress of the 17th century

scientific method to all fields of knowledge

medicine

chemistry

fundamental

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Painting

Sculpture

Architecture

religious themes

Rococo

aristocratic style

popular

1730s

1760s

aesthetic tastes of the nobility

commissioned works

joys of life

decorate their homes

characterised

exuberant forms

elaborate decoration

small

represented themes

joyful

mythological

Edmé Bouchardon's Cupid

pastel colours

used to depict

domestic scenes

rural festivals

the swing

Jean Honoré Fragonard

interiors

elaborately decorated

curves

seashells

floral elements.

rocaille

decorative motifs

french

luxurious palaces

Hôtel de Soubise

Paris.

predominate

architecture

new cathedral in Cádiz

Gasparini Salon

Royal Palace in Madrid

paintings

Luis Paret

The shop.

depict everyday life

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