Arcimboldo visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting /

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Main Author: Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Table of 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).