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SCIENCE AND ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
SCIENCE AND ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Scientific advances
Two factors
the influence of the Enlightenment on education and technological progress.
the scientific legacy of the 17th century.
Physics and geology
James Hutton
In 1788
established geology as a science, based on the constant changes he observed in the formation of the Earth.
Benjamin Franklin
In 1750
invented the lightning rod. This attracted lightning and conducted it to Earth.
Gabriel Fahrenheit
In 1714
improved the mercury thermometer by adding a temperature scale in degrees.
Anders Celsius
In 1742
invented the 100-degree temperature scale.
Medicine
Edward Jenner
In 1796
discovered a vaccine for smallpox by obtaining liquid from a wound of a person suffering from the disease.
In 1747 it was discovered that eating lemons prevented scurvy.
Stephen Hales
In 1733
measured blood pressure in animals.
Rococo art
was an aristocratic style of art that was popular in Europe between the 1730s and 1760s.
reflected the aesthetic tastes of the nobility
Architecture
were elaborately decorated, with curves, seashells and floral elements.
In French, these decorative motifs are called rocaille. This is the origin of the name Rococo'.
Hôtel de Soubise in Paris.
Painting
pastel colours were used to depict rural festivals and domestic scenes.
The swing by Jean Honoré Fragonard.
Sculpture
were often small, and represented joyful and mythological themes
Edmé Bouchardon's Cupid.
Spain
religious themes continued to predominate
The new cathedral in Cádiz and the Gasparini Salon in the Royal Palace in Madrid
The shop.
