Giuseppe Arcimboldo's UniverseFruits, flowers, animals, books and objects become faces in the learned and playful inventions of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Habsburg painter.
°1,000Paintings, portraits, boxes, party decorations, drawings and studies created, overall estimate
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1527 -1593 · Milan, Vienna and Prague
Fruits, flowers, animals, books and objects become faces in the learned and playful inventions of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Habsburg painter.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born in Milan in 1527 into a family of artists. His first documented activities concerned stained glass boxes in Milan Cathedral, then sets and tapestries in Monza and Como. This collective work taught him to construct an image in colored fragments and to think simultaneously about detail and silhouette. In 1562, he was called to the imperial court of Vienna by Ferdinand I. He then served Maximilian II then Rudolf II, in Vienna and Prague, as portraitist, designer of parties, costumes, tournaments, sets and curiosities. It was in this environment where art, natural sciences, collection and emblematic met that he developed his famous faces composed. In the Seasons, flowers, fruits, ears, branches and roots come together to form human profiles. In the Elements, fish, birds, mammals or objects in turn become parts of a face. Every detail is observed precisely, but the whole functions as a portrait, allegory and political celebration of the imperial order. Summer accumulates ripe harvests; Winter builds an old age of stump and bark; Spring brings to fruition an almost entirely floral face. Arcimboldo also invents reversible images, in which a basket or dish becomes a head when the painting is turned over. Authorized to return to Milan in 1587, he remains linked to Rudolph II and addressed to him Vertumnus, portrait of the emperor in the form of the god of seasons and metamorphoses. Died in 1593, Arcimboldo fell into relative oblivion for a long time before being rediscovered in the 20th century, notably by the surrealists. His art remains unique because it unites illusion, knowledge of life, humor and thought of transformation. The "Giuseppe Arcimboldo" selection notably compares Summer and Winter. His reading favors movement.
Arcimboldo does not simply juxtapose fruits: he regulates every detail so that all of nature metamorphoses, from a distance, into human identity.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Milan, stained glass windows and monumental arts
Cardboards, tapestries and decorations form a look capable of uniting colorful fragment and silhouette. This milestone illuminates the "Giuseppe Arcimboldo" collection by favoring movement.
Imperial Courts of Vienna and Prague
The Seasons and the Elements combine natural sciences, political emblem and portrait illusion.
Return to Milan and Vertumnus
Reversible images and plant portrait of Rudolph II crown research on metamorphosis.
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Assembly
Each fruit, flower, animal or object remains identifiable while becoming a part of the face. This trait guides a reading of "Giuseppe Arcimboldo" centered on movement.
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Silhouette
From a distance, the accumulation is immediately resolved into a coherent and expressive portrait.
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Season
Maturity, old age, flowering and abundance give natural weather a human appearance.
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Court
Erudition, humor and the richness of the kingdoms of life celebrate the ordering power of the Habsburgs.
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Six readings specific to Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Plant abundance01
Summer
Ripe fruits, vegetables and ears make up a profile where the harvest becomes age, character and allegory.
Landmark work by Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Reading of "Giuseppe Arcimboldo" through movement.Wood metamorphosis02
The Winter
Knotty stump, branch and ivy give cold and old age a striking human presence.
Landmark work by Giuseppe ArcimboldoFloral portrait03
Spring
Dozens of flowers build skin, hair and clothing in a scholarly celebration of renewal.
Landmark work by Giuseppe ArcimboldoIllusion game04
Allegorical portrait of Summer
The eye moves from botanical detail to the face, revealing the optical precision of the compound head.
Landmark work by Giuseppe ArcimboldoStyle05
Assembly
Each fruit, flower, animal or object remains identifiable while becoming a part of the face. This trait guides a reading of "Giuseppe Arcimboldo" centered on movement.
Reading key for Giuseppe ArcimboldoStyle06
Silhouette
From a distance, the accumulation is immediately resolved into a coherent and expressive portrait.
Reading key for Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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