Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
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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
(September 16, 2022–January 15, 2023)
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
Exhibition Schedule:
(September 16, 2022–January 15, 2023)
Title:Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:335 pages, 11 X 7.5 X 1 in
Shipping dimensions:335 pages, 11 X 7.5 X 1 in
Published:January 3, 2023
Publisher:Yale University Press
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780300266726