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| - | [[Image:Witches' sabbath.jpg|thumb|[[Witch]]es' [[Sabbath]] ([[1789]]) by [[Goya]]]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| - | [[Image:The Sleep of Reason.jpg|thumb|''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]''is a [[1799]] print by [[Goya]] from the ''[[Caprichos]]'' series. It is the image the sleeping artist surrounded by the winged [[ghoulies]] and [[beast]]ies [[unleashed]] by [[unreason]].]] | + | "The following little work proposes a new object of pursuit; that of examining the face of a country by the rules of [[picturesque]] beauty."--''[[Observations on the River Wye]]'' (1782) by William Gilpin |
| - | [[Image:Young girl by Pierre-Narcise Guerin.jpg|thumb|200px|''Jeune fille en buste'' [[1794]] by [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]] ]] | + | |} |
| - | [[Image:The Death of Bara by Jacques-Louis David.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Death of Bara'' ([[1794]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] | + | [[Image:Drawing by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728 - 1799) .jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Cenotaph]] for [[Newton]]'' ([[1784]]) by French architect [[Étienne-Louis Boullée]]]] |
| + | [[Image:Nicolas Ledoux.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Théatre de Besançon]], completed in [[1784]], interior view by [[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] ]] | ||
| + | [[Image:The Souvenir (fidelity) Jean-Baptiste Greuze.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Fidelity (Greuze)|Fidelity]]'' (c. 1787-89) by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]]]] | ||
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | * [[1789]] [[French revolution]] | ||
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| === Technology === | === Technology === | ||
| + | * [[1783]] First manned [[hot air balloon]] invented in [[France]]. | ||
| + | * [[1783]] First manned [[gas balloon]] invented in [[France]]. | ||
| === Visual culture=== | === Visual culture=== | ||
| + | *''[[Witches' Sabbath]]'' (1789) - Goya | ||
| + | *''[[The Nightmare]]'' - (1781) Henry Fuseli | ||
| === Literature === | === Literature === | ||
| - | + | *Key writers: [[Immanuel Kant]] and [[Marquis de Sade]] | |
| ==== Fiction ==== | ==== Fiction ==== | ||
| + | *''[[Vathek]]'' (1786) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Diable au corps]]'' (1786) - André de Nerciat | ||
| ==== Non-fiction ==== | ==== Non-fiction ==== | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| + | *[[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres]] | ||
| + | *Stendhal | ||
| + | *Thomas De Quincey | ||
| + | *Byron | ||
| + | *Arthur Schopenhauer | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
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Art and culture
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Technology
- 1783 First manned hot air balloon invented in France.
- 1783 First manned gas balloon invented in France.
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Visual culture
- Witches' Sabbath (1789) - Goya
- The Nightmare - (1781) Henry Fuseli
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Literature
- Key writers: Immanuel Kant and Marquis de Sade
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Fiction
- Vathek (1786)
- Le Diable au corps (1786) - André de Nerciat
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Non-fiction
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Births
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- Stendhal
- Thomas De Quincey
- Byron
- Arthur Schopenhauer
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Deaths
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