Description
The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilisations.
Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding of the world. The King's Library was built to house the books donated from the royal libraries of King George II and King George III, and they epitomise the interest in the late 18th and 19th centuries in scholarship and study.
Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic disciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organised their ideas and reached their conclusions.
Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic disciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organised their ideas and reached their conclusions.
About the Author
Kim Sloan is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints & Drawings In the British Museum and lead curator of the new Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library. The other contributors are drawn from The British Museum, British Library, Science Museum and Natural History Museum.
Reviews
"'Affirmative and enjoyable' The Art Newspaper; 'Visually and textually stunning...' The Good Book Guide"
Book Information
ISBN 9780714150208
Author Kim Sloan
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint British Museum Press
Publisher British Museum Press
Weight(grams) 1500g
Classification, collecting and deciphering were all important stages on the way to understanding of the world. The King's Library was built to house the books donated from the royal libraries of King George II and King George III, and they epitomise the interest in the late 18th and 19th centuries in scholarship and study.
Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic disciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organised their ideas and reached their conclusions.
Aimed at the general reader and relevant to many academic disciplines, this book explores the ways people acquired new information, organised their ideas and reached their conclusions.
About the Author
Kim Sloan is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Prints & Drawings In the British Museum and lead curator of the new Enlightenment Gallery in the King's Library. The other contributors are drawn from The British Museum, British Library, Science Museum and Natural History Museum.
Reviews
"'Affirmative and enjoyable' The Art Newspaper; 'Visually and textually stunning...' The Good Book Guide"
Book Information
ISBN 9780714150208
Author Kim Sloan
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint British Museum Press
Publisher British Museum Press
Weight(grams) 1500g
