Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment

An A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era’s prints and drawings Edited by Edouard Kopp, Elizabeth M. Rudy, and Kristel Smentek Publication date: October 25, 2022 ISBN: 9780300266726 334 pages, 7.5 × 11 in. 168 color images Paperback with flaps (sewn bound)   Published by Harvard Art Museums Distributed by Yale University Press  Watch a trailer for this book on Vimeo! Named by New York Times critic Jason Farago as a Best Art Book of 2022 Are volcanoes punishment from God? What do a fly and a mulberry have in common? What utopias await in unexplored corners of the earth and beyond? During the Enlightenment, questions like these were brought to life through an astonishing array of prints and drawings, helping shape public opinion and stir political change. Dare to Know overturns common assumptions about the age, using the era’s proliferation of works on paper to tell a more nuanced story. Echoing the structure and sweep of