Et La Forme Se Perd
Structures mobiles à la Renaissance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7913855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michel Jeanneret (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-30 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Littérature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4800 • E-ISSN: 1958-5926 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/litt.1992.2599 |
| OpenAlex | W2059109321 |
| Language | EN |
Notwithstanding the cliché of its Platonic conception of form as dominating matter, the Renaissance is fascinated with the instability of the forms matter takes. Vinci is obsessed by chaos : Montaigne with inconstancy. These themes give rise to «forms » : the metamorphoses in Ronsard' s poems parallel the lability of the architecture of his works. Or Montaigne's Essays, in perpetual flux : his writing inscribes time and mutability
Art · Art history · Lability · Literature · Poetry · The Renaissance · Visual arts · Architecture · Chemistry · French Literature and Criticism · Historical and Literary Analyses · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |