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Versailles: Science and Splendour – a 'blockbuster' exploration of 18th-century innovation
Courtly life in 18th century Versailles is widely remembered ... rise to many remarkable developments in engineering, natural science and medicine. This "glittering" exhibition at the Science ...
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Illustrating Alchemy, 18th Century
Over time, artists began to depict them in paintings, such as The Medical Alchemist (see image), an archetypal 18th-century piece by Austrian artist Franz Christoph Janneck, in which an alchemist ...