An intellectual movement which began in England in the seventeenth century, but then spread to have eventual influence over all sections of the world. The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an ...

Space will also be found for an examination of the contribution of enlightened thought to the visual arts and music in the 18th century. The course gives students the chance to consider whether or not ...

Despite the fact that there wasn’t yet a readiness in Poland to enter into public debate about changing the legal and political situation of women during the Enlightenment period, one must remember ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art has trained focus on the Enlightenment period in Europe (1685–1815, aka “the age of reason”) with ...

The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, ...

In the late 18th century it was the centre of the Enlightenment in southern Germany, with eminent philosophers and writers such as Hegel and Hoffmann living there. Description is available under ...

The Enlightenment was a period of discovery ... For over three thousand years, smallpox devasted mankind. In 18th century Europe, this ‘speckled monster’ killed roughly 400,000 people every ...