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9: Science and art in the 18th century
Rococo art
Painting
pastel colours were used to
domestic scenes
depict rural festivals
A good example
The swing
by Jean Honoré Fragonard
Architecture
Rococo interiors were elaborately decorated with
seashells
floral elements
curves
Sculpture
sculptures were often small
represented
joyful
mythological themes
Scientific advances
the scientific legacy of the 17th century
impossible to understand the progress of the 18th century
without considering the contribution of the 17th century
Physics and geology
1747
discovered that eating lemons prevented scurvy
1733
Stephen Hales
measured blood pressure in animals
1796
Edward Jenner
discovered a vaccine for smallpox
the influence of the Enlightenment on education and technological progress
Many centres of study were created
allowed knowledge to be spread
to a greater number of people
Medicine
1788
James Hutton
established geology as a science
1750
Benjamin Franklin
invented the lightning rod
1714
Gabriel Fahrenheit
improved the mercury thermometer by adding a temperature scale in degrees
