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[https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-the-age-of-enlightenment/ by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris by smarthistory] | [https://smarthistory.org/a-beginners-guide-to-the-age-of-enlightenment/ by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris by smarthistory] | ||
In A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby we see an orrery— a mechanical model of the solar system. In the center is a gas light which represents the sun (though the child who stands in the foreground with his back to us block this from our view); the arcs represent the orbits of the planets. Wright concentrates on the faces of the figures to create a compelling narrative. | In A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby we see an orrery— a mechanical model of the solar system. In the center is a gas light which represents the sun (though the child who stands in the foreground with his back to us block this from our view); the arcs represent the orbits of the planets. Wright concentrates on the faces of the figures to create a compelling narrative. | ||
=====Age of Enlightenment===== | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment by WIKIPEDIA] | |||
The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason) was a period in the history of Europe and Western civilization[1] during which the Enlightenment,[b] an intellectual[6] and cultural[6] movement, flourished, emerging in the late 17th century[6] in Western Europe[7] and reaching its peak in the 18th century, as its ideas spread more widely across Europe[7] and into the European colonies, particularly in the Americas. | |||
