Screen LibraryArcimboldo：visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago London |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 313 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226426860 (hbk.) 0226426866 |
| Index Number: | J231(546) |
| CLC: | J231(546) |
| Call Number: | J231(546)/K216 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-305) and index. 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). |