Programming Guide

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Show Detail: Arcimboldo, 1526-1593 Nature and Fantasy

ShowID

1165

Event Date:

2/2/2019

Length:

00:27:26

Category:

Documentary

Producer

Crystal Perez

Project

National Gallery of Art

Comments

The inventive and amusing paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo dazzled the courts of Renaissance Europe. His imaginative combinations of fruits, vegetables, and flowers create allegorical portraits of emperors and witty caricatures of their courtiers, which won him the highest artistic honors bestowed by the Holy Roman Empire. His works reveal the mind of an artist deeply influenced by the new discoveries and new worlds that came to light during the Age of Exploration. This documentary combines original high-definition footage of the artist’s native Milan and the Habsburg palaces of Vienna and Prague with images of Arcimboldo’s work as a court painter, designer of festivals, and chronicler of the natural world.

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