Bernard Palissy and the Arts of the Earth

A new biography of the singular French artisan philosopher Bernard Palissy.

About the author

François Quiviger is a fellow of the Warburg Institute, University of London. His books include The Sensory World of Italian Renaissance Art (2010) and Leonardo da Vinci: Self, Art and Nature (2019), both published by Reaktion Books.

Product details

• Authors: François Quiviger, Francois Quiviger, François Quiviger
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781836390848
• ISBN: 978-1-83639-084-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Renaissance Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Western philosophy from c 1800, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion