Arcimboldo: 125 Colour Plates

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, European, General Art
Cover of the book Arcimboldo: 125 Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva, Maria Peitcheva
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Maria Peitcheva ISBN: 9788892580831
Publisher: Maria Peitcheva Publication: March 25, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Maria Peitcheva
ISBN: 9788892580831
Publisher: Maria Peitcheva
Publication: March 25, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 – 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books. Arcimboldo's conventional work, on traditional religious subjects, has fallen into oblivion, but his portraits of human heads made up of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures and tree roots, were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain a source of fascination today. At a distance, his portraits looked like normal human portraits. However, individual objects in each portrait were actually overlapped together to make various anatomical shapes of a human. They were carefully constructed by his imagination. Besides, when he assembled objects in one portrait, he never used random objects. Each object was related by characterization. By using everyday objects, the portraits were decoration and still-life paintings at the same time.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 – 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books. Arcimboldo's conventional work, on traditional religious subjects, has fallen into oblivion, but his portraits of human heads made up of vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures and tree roots, were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain a source of fascination today. At a distance, his portraits looked like normal human portraits. However, individual objects in each portrait were actually overlapped together to make various anatomical shapes of a human. They were carefully constructed by his imagination. Besides, when he assembled objects in one portrait, he never used random objects. Each object was related by characterization. By using everyday objects, the portraits were decoration and still-life paintings at the same time.

More books from Maria Peitcheva

Cover of the book August Macke: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Millet: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Hokusai Drawings: Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Francesco Allegrini: Drawings by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Gauguin: Drawings 104 Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Egon Schiele: 195 Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Peter Lely: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Edward Burne Jones: 265 Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Rembrandt: 272 Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Zorn: Drawings 131 Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Jordaens: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Guercino: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Francesco Guardi: Drawings by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Cranach: Drawings Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
Cover of the book Holbein the Younger: Drawings 94 Colour Plates by Maria Peitcheva
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy