Arcimboldo visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting
In Giuseppe Arcimboldo's most famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. A pear stands in for a man's chin. Citrus fruits sprout from a tree trunk that doubles as a neck. All sorts of natural phenomena come together on canvas and panel to assemble the stra...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31285272*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Arcimboldo's Lombard origins
- Arcimboldo from 1562: the creation of composite heads
- Learning, poetry, and art
- Serious jokes
- Natural philosophy, natural history, and nature painting
- Nature studies
- Arcimboldo and the origins of still life
- Arcimboldo's paradoxical paintings and the origins of still life
- Conclusion: Arcimboldo in the history of art
- Appendix 1. Arcimboldo, the Facchini, and popular culture
- Appendix 2. Arcimboldo and Meda at Monza
- Appendix 3. Concordance of Arcimboldo images from the Aldrovandi letter, Bologna
- Dresden Kupferstich-kabinett ca 213, Vienna (cod. min. 42) and the 'museum' of Rudolf II (cod min. 129 and 130).
