TY - BOOK AU - Kaufmann,Thomas DaCosta ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Arcimboldo: visual jokes, natural history, and still-life painting AV - ND623.A7 K38 2009eb U1 - 759.5 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chicago, London PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Arcimboldi, Giuseppe, KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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); Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10412764 ER -