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The Ancien Régime and the Enlightenment
Science and art
scientific advances
Medicine
1750
Benjamin Franklin
formation of the Earth.
attracted ...to Earth.
conducted
lightning
1714
Gabriel Fahrenheitv
improved the mercury thermometer
adding a temperature scale in degrees.
1742
Anders Celsius
100-degree temperature scale.
1788
James Hutton
geology as a science
constant changes
formation of the Earth.
Physics and geology
1747
eating lemons prevented scurvy
Scurvy
disease
lack of vitamin C.
longer voyages
1733
Stephen Hales
blood pressure in animals.
1796
Edward Jenner
vaccine for smallpox
obtaining liquid
wound of a person suffering from the disease.
factors
influence of the Enlightenment on education and technological progress
centres of study were created
allowed knowledge to be spread
scientific legacy of the 17th century
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
improvements in people's wellbeing.
rococo art
Painting
pastel colours
used to depict
domestic scenes
rural festivals
the swing
Jean Honoré Fragonard
Sculpture
small
represented themes
joyful
mythological
Edmé Bouchardon's Cupid
Architecture
interiors
elaborately decorated
curves
seashells
floral elements.
rocaille
decorative motifs
french
luxurious palaces
Hôtel de Soubise
Paris.
religious themes
predominate
architecture
new cathedral in Cádiz
Gasparini Salon
Royal Palace in Madrid
paintings
Luis Paret
The shop.
depict everyday life
Rococo
aristocratic style
popular
1730s
1760s
aesthetic tastes of the nobility
commissioned works
joys of life
decorate their homes
characterised
exuberant forms
elaborate decoration
