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Auteur(s) : Bertucci, Paola. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Artisanal enlightenment [Texte imprimé] : science and the mechanical arts in old regime France / Paola Bertucci
Publication : New Haven : Yale university press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-300 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 269-290What would the Enlightenment look like from the perspective of artistes, the learned artisans with esprit, who presented themselves in contrast to philosophers, savants, and routine-bound craftsmen? Making a radical change of historical protagonists, the author places the mechanical arts and the world of making at the heart of the Enlightenment. At a time of great colonial, commercial, and imperial concerns, artistes planned encyclopedic projects and sought an official role in the administration of the French state. The Société des Arts, which they envisioned as a state institution that would foster France's colonial and economic expansion, was the msot ambitious expression of their collective aspirations. This work provides the first in-depth study of the Société, and demonstrates its legacy in scientific programs, academies, and the making of Diderot and D'Alembert's Encyclopédie. Through insightful analysis of textual, visual, and material sources, the author provides a ground-breaking perspective on the politics of writing on the mechanical arts and the development of key Enlightenment concepts such as improvement, utility, and progress
Sujet(s) : Sciences -- France -- XVIIIe siècle Vie intellectuelle -- France -- XVIIIe siècle Mouvement des Lumières -- France Société des arts (Paris) -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey : 509.440 9033 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - France - 1700-1799
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300227413. - ISBN 0300227418 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45599428j
Notice n° : FRBNF45599428 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgments ; Introduction: savants, artisans, artistes. Part 1 The natural history of the arts : Lost knowledge and the history of the arts ; Réaumur and the science of the arts. Part 2 The Société des Arts : Theory, practice, improvement ; Society of Arts. Part 3 Writing and making : The politics of writing about making ; L'Esprit in the machine. Epilogue.