Arcimboldo : visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arcimboldi, Giuseppe, 1527-1593.

Arcimboldi, Giuseppe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 strange heads and faces that constitute one of Renaissance art's most striking oeuvres. The first major study in a generation of the artist behind these remarkable paintings, Arcimboldo tells the singular story of their creation. Drawing on his thirty-five-year engagement with

Contents:

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).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-305) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612775765

9781282775763

1282775766

9780226426884

0226426882

OCLC:

664571991