"Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris

This article aims to show the relationship between the scientific discoveries of the XVIII century, especially optics and microbiology, and the rise of the so called “urbanistic literature” at the end of the century. Thanks to the instruments of cultural history, we could find lexical traces of this...

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Main Author: David Matteini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Cagliari 2018-12-01
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Online Access:http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/3346
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spelling doaj-8f1d2605570b40a6a9515ff91ba790572020-11-24T21:29:14ZengUniversità degli Studi di CagliariBetween2039-65972018-12-0181610.13125/2039-6597/33462446"Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary ParisDavid Matteini0Università degli Studi di FirenzeThis article aims to show the relationship between the scientific discoveries of the XVIII century, especially optics and microbiology, and the rise of the so called “urbanistic literature” at the end of the century. Thanks to the instruments of cultural history, we could find lexical traces of this new realistic approach to the analysis of natural events in some important texts of the period. The way in which these writers described the reality is very important for historians and intellectuals, posing new problems about the history of French Revolution.http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/3346CompalitlumièresschermiRétifBretonneMercierRivoluzione franceseDuquesnoyletteraturaurbanisticaparigifenêtremicroscopio
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"Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
Between
Compalit
lumières
schermi
Rétif
Bretonne
Mercier
Rivoluzione francese
Duquesnoy
letteratura
urbanistica
parigi
fenêtre
microscopio
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title "Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
title_short "Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
title_full "Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
title_fullStr "Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
title_full_unstemmed "Une fenêtre sur la ville": Gazing practices in pre-revolutionary Paris
title_sort "une fenêtre sur la ville": gazing practices in pre-revolutionary paris
publisher Università degli Studi di Cagliari
series Between
issn 2039-6597
publishDate 2018-12-01
description This article aims to show the relationship between the scientific discoveries of the XVIII century, especially optics and microbiology, and the rise of the so called “urbanistic literature” at the end of the century. Thanks to the instruments of cultural history, we could find lexical traces of this new realistic approach to the analysis of natural events in some important texts of the period. The way in which these writers described the reality is very important for historians and intellectuals, posing new problems about the history of French Revolution.
topic Compalit
lumières
schermi
Rétif
Bretonne
Mercier
Rivoluzione francese
Duquesnoy
letteratura
urbanistica
parigi
fenêtre
microscopio
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