Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein's Ambassadors

by Jennifer Nelson and Jennifer Nelson

Book Overview

Anxious about the threat of Ottoman invasion and a religious schism that threatened Christianity from within, sixteenth-century northern Europeans increasingly saw their world as disharmonious and full of mutual contradictions. Examining the work of four unusual but influential northern Europeans as they faced Europe's changing identity, Jennifer Nelson reveals the ways in which these early modern thinkers and artists grappled with the problem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271083417
• ISBN13: 9780271083414
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.8"