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Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment

Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment

Kopp, Edouard
Smentek, Kristel
Rudy, Elizabeth M.

Paperback

European ArtGeneral ArtGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 0300266723
ISBN13: 9780300266726
Publisher: Harvard Art Museums
Published: Jan 3 2023
Pages: 335
Weight: 2.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 7.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
A New York Times best art book of 2022

An A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment's quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era's prints and drawings

Are volcanoes punishment from God? What do a fly and a mulberry have in common? What utopias await in unexplored corners of the earth and beyond? During the Enlightenment, questions like these were brought to life through an astonishing array of prints and drawings, helping shape public opinion and stir political change. Dare to Know overturns common assumptions about the age, using the era's proliferation of works on paper to tell a more nuanced story. Echoing the structure and sweep of Diderot's Encyclopédie, the book contains 26 thematic essays, organized A to Z, providing an unprecedented perspective on more than 50 artists, including Henry Fuseli, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Francisco Goya, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, William Hogarth, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Giambattista Tiepolo. With a multidisciplinary approach, the book probes developments in the natural sciences, technology, economics, and more--all through the lens of the graphic arts.

Distributed for the Harvard Art Museums


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