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Age of Enlightenment

Dates

17th–18th century

Places

Europe > Western Europe > England
North America > United States

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

The Age of Enlightenment, an introduction

Early Scientific Exploration in Latin America

A brief history of the art museum

Printmaking in Europe, c. 1400−1800

The rediscovery of Pompeii and the other cities of Vesuvius

Works of Art

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, Figures Walking in a Parkland
Getty Conversations

c. 1783–1800

Compound Microscope and Case
Getty Conversations

c. 1751

Richard Evans, Portraits of the Caribbean’s first Black king and prince

c. 1816

Portraits of Francisca Ramírez de Laredo and Antonio de Ulloa

c. 1768–70

c. 1768–70

Mary Delany and cut flowers

1772–82

Joseph Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery

c. 1766

William Hogarth, Marriage A-la-Mode

c. 1743

Artists

Richard Evans, Royal Prince Jacques-Victor-Henri Christophe. (c. 1816, oil on canvas, 34¼” x 25½”. Alfred Nemours Collection of Haitian History, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.)

Richard Evans, Royal Prince Jacques-Victor-Henri Christophe. (c. 1816, oil on canvas, 34¼” x 25½”. Alfred Nemours Collection of Haitian History, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.)

William Hogarth

Joseph Wright of Derby

Thomas Wedgwood

Johann Heinrich Schulze

Claude-Siméon Passemant

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle