Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres

The reformed physician Jacob Spon is one of the bigger French antiques’ lovers of the XVIIth century. Fascinated by the architecture, the sculpture and the medals, more than by the other arts, the admirer of the Antiquity, he shares his discoveries within the Republic of Letters. The art, for him, h...

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Main Author: Yves Moreau
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes (LARHRA UMR 5190) 2011-06-01
Series:Chrétiens et Sociétés
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/chretienssocietes/2732
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description The reformed physician Jacob Spon is one of the bigger French antiques’ lovers of the XVIIth century. Fascinated by the architecture, the sculpture and the medals, more than by the other arts, the admirer of the Antiquity, he shares his discoveries within the Republic of Letters. The art, for him, has to raise to the knowledge and to the truth. That is why it can be of use to the religious controversy. For that purpose, he defines and uses a new empirical method, by making of the archaeology a practical science.
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Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
Chrétiens et Sociétés
Archeology
Controversy
Medals
Spon
title Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
title_full Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
title_fullStr Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
title_full_unstemmed Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
title_short Jacob Spon et les arts : un savant protestant dans la République des Lettres
title_sort jacob spon et les arts un savant protestant dans la republique des lettres
topic Archeology
Controversy
Medals
Spon
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