Author: Jeanneret, Michel
Title: Perpetual Motion - Transforming Shapes In The Renaissance From Da Vinci To Montaigne
Description: Johns Hopkins, 2001, 1st English edition. Cloth, dj, F/F. xiv+320pp, 53 b/w text figs, index, a nice fine copy. New. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0801864801 ¶ Study of the art of the Renaissance and the 16th century. Instead of the normally accepted idea of the art of the period being devoted to order & perfection, the author argues that the art of the age was fascinated with change, metamorphosis & genesis. Artists cited include Michelangelo, Ronsard, Erasmus & Arcimboldi.

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