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Perpetual Motion: Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from Da Vinci to Montaigne
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Hardcover
from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (December 19, 2000)
9780801864803 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $64.00
About: The popular conception of the Renaissance as a culture devoted to order and perfection does not account for an important characteristic of Renaissance art: many of the period's major works, including those by da Vinci, Erasmus, Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Montaigne, appeared as works-in-progress, always liable to changes and additions.
About: The popular conception of the Renaissance as a culture devoted to order and perfection does not account for an important characteristic of Renaissance art: many of the period's major works, including those by da Vinci, Erasmus, Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Montaigne, appeared as works-in-progress, always liable to changes and additions.