Scientific Revolution and Art of the Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment and the scientific revolution are often paired together as the basis of modern science was beginning to emerge during the eighteenth century as a part of Enlightenment culture in England and France. Flower painting helped the scientific study of plants and flowers to begin during the eighteenth century and allowed women a way into both science and art at the time. Groups of scientists began to meet and share their knowledge with public audiences as depicted in and brought into light by paintings of their small, dramatic demonstration gatherings. Early technological advances began to become more of a common and influenced changing artistic landscapes. The emergence of the scientific revolution was closely related to the art during the Enlightenment period. Flower painting promoted the scientific study of flowers and plants, especially for women, during the Enlightenment. Flowers were deemed something reserved for women. Many women began to study flower anatomy drawing each part of the flower individually and understanding the structure before drawing the flower as a whole in order to represent them as accurately as possible in creating realistic, beautiful paintings. Mary Moser’s flower still life, for example, being released into society played a role in the desire to draw and study flowers and plants. The flowers are the main and only focus in her neo-classical style painting. The study of flowers became well known and was something everyone could learn, thus this study often began for many children at an early age. Although the language of flowers for women remained predominantly about the language of expressing different forms of love, the influx of a flowers theme through the art of the study of flower anatomy for flower paintings enhanced the public idea of botany and the scientific naming and classification of plants. This helped to provide
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