Arcimboldo : visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| 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 the artist, Thomas DaCosta Kaufman. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226426884 0226426882 9780226426860 0226426866 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |