Views on Eighteenth century culture : design, books and ideas

The Resource Views on Eighteenth century culture : design, books and ideas

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Views on Eighteenth century culture : design, books and ideas

Title remainder

design, books and ideas

Statement of responsibility

edited by Leonor Ferrão and Luís Manuel A.V. Bernardo

Language

eng

Summary

This book provides significant new insights into the Enlightenment in Portugal and its relationships with other European cultural movements using Eugénio dos Santos (1711-1760) as a common reference point. Eugénio dos Santos was a Portuguese architect and city planner who, among other projects, was responsible for the plans to rebuild Lisbon after the earthquake of 1st November 1755. His artistic and technical training, architectural production, aesthetic preferences and some of the books in his private library point to a person who embodied the transition between two moments in Portuguese culture, with their specific characteristics and particular reception of the practices and ideas that circulated among European intellectuals and practitioners. over the 18 chapters of this volume, several specialists in different disciplinary areas discuss ideas, libraries, printed and handwritten documents, drawings, printing techniques, and architects, philosophers and writers of the 18th century, in order to offer a broad view of a time period closely associated with the construction of modernity

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

946.9/032

Illustrations

illustrations
maps
plans

Index

no index present

LC call number

DP638

LC item number

.V54 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

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