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If we don’t find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new” (Voltaire, Candide, 1759, ch. 17): The Eighteenth Century: The Age of Reason
If we don’t find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new” (Voltaire, Candide, 1759, ch. 17):
The Eighteenth Century:The Age of Reason
Fra Andrea Pozzo, Europa, early 18th century
Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Swing, 1766
The Rococo time period was characterized by lavish and highly courtly displays of wealth. Rococo art focused on scenes of aristocratic life. The upper class were depicted enjoying themselves.
Antoine Watteau, Embarkation to Cythera, 1717-1719
The Queen’s Bedroom
Joseph Wright, Experiment with the Air Pump, 1768
Jacques-Louis DavidPortrait of Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife, 1788
Voltaire and Voltaire translating Newton’s work
