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02805aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 0532E3EC550D11E9884C074097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190402010148 008 170417t20172017ctu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0300227418 020 $a 9780300227413 035 $a (OCoLC)982565970 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d MZA $d OCLCO $d EYM $d OCLCF $d IUL $d CBY $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- 050 4 $a Q127 F8 B476x 2017 082 04 $a 509.4409/033 $2 23 100 1 $a Bertucci, Paola, $e author. 245 10 $a Artisanal enlightenment : $b science and the mechanical arts in old regime France / $c Paola Bertucci. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a x, 300 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Introduction: savants, artisans, artistes. Part 1 The natural history of the arts : Lost knowledge and the history of the arts -- ReÌaumur and the science of the arts. Part 2 The SocieÌteÌ 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. 520 $a What 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 SocieÌteÌ 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 SocieÌteÌ, and demonstrates its legacy in scientific programs, academies, and the making of Diderot and D'Alembert's EncyclopeÌdie. 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. 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 650 0 $a Science $z France $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Science $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Enlightenment $z France. 651 0 $a France $x Intellectual life $y 18th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011755.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0532E3EC550D11E9884C074097128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search