The Ancien Régime and the Enlightenment
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
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