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Arcimboldo: 1526-1593 Hardcover – February 21, 2008

by Sylvia Ferino (Author), Arcimboldo (Artist)
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Famous all over the world for his portraits―an illustrated composite of plants, fruit, and animals combined to create the illusion of a human form― Arcimboldo still remains, paradoxically, a painter shrouded in mystery. This important monograph reveals the eclecticism of one of the most fertile and lively minds of the Mannerist period, placing him in the cultural context in which he lived and worked. Admired during his life, Arcimboldo fell into oblivion after his death in 1593. His original, eccentric works have been little understood―rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century by the Surrealists, who considered him a precursor of Modern art. His work has enjoyed a particular revival of interest again over the last twenty years. In addition to the artist’s anamorphic portraits, this volume includes an important selection of Arcimboldo’s paintings (many previously unpublished), tapestries, drawings, and illustrations created throughout his life, from his training in Lombardy to his time at the Hapsburg court. This volume will enable readers to discover and appreciate the scope of the great Arcimboldo’s extraordinary work. Exhibition Schedule:Musée du Luxembourg, ParisSeptember 15, 2007–January 13, 2008Kunsthistorisches Museum, WienFebruary 11, 2008 to June 1, 2008.

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  1. Print length
    320 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Skira
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    February 21, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    9.7 x 1.4 x 11.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    886130379X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-8861303799
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  • Jonathan Hart
    5.0 out of 5 stars amazing book
    Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2009
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    this book is a spectacular look into the work of this great proto-surrealist. if you're a fan of the films of jan svankmajer or the brothers quay then you're already familiar with his work... whether you know it or not. i tend to buy art books for the ART, not the text, and this book is pretty well loaded with nice full page color plates. recommended.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars great pictures & information
    Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017
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    This book is just wonderful.
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  • KittyKat
    4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Extensive, but poorly translated.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018
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    Very extensive, includes his famous paintings of heads made from fruit/books/fishes etc. as well as a decent number of his early works in a more traditional style. I was also pleasantly surprised to find (in spite of a previous review) that this book contains a LOT of his drawings and nature studies as well as pictures of stained-glass windows and tapestries he designed (though were executed by someone else).

    Also, this book contains a lot of works by other artists, artists who influenced Arcimboldo, artists who worked with him, other artists working with similar subjects/around the same time etc. It was nice that such a context was provided but ultimately I would've preferred more reproductions of details from works by Arcimboldo.

    The only two things wrong with this book: 1. Reproductions and the information about those pictures aren't always on the same page, requiring the reader to flip back or forward a few pages to read about a specific painting. Not a huge deal but kind of annoying and 2. An awful translation into English. It literally feels like the translation was done by copying text files into Google Translate and occasionally there are phrases and expressions in Italian or French that are not translated, leading the reader to have to look them up elsewhere.

    In conclusion: a good book with some flaws that, while noticeable, are not a deal breaker.
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  • Peter Yudkin
    2.0 out of 5 stars Arcimboldo - A disappointment
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2010
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    Arcimboldo 1526-1593 - Published by Skira.

    If you are looking for a book of paintings by Arcimboldo, paintings and nothing else, then this book may satisfy you.
    But if you would also like to know something about the artist, then keep looking, because this book is most disap-pointing.
    The articles have been written (or maybe translated) by people whose first language is not English. The writing is extremely clumsy. Words have been chosen which are not appropriate and in many cases are so unusual that the definition cannot be found in a small dictionary. Frequently the meaning can be found only in a dictionary such as the Complete Oxford Dictionary or on the Internet.
    The articles are in the main most uninteresting, frequently dealing with events and people so far removed from Ar-cimboldo, as to be meaningless.
    Unnecessary footnotes occupy almost as much space as the articles.
    History lessons abound, but what they have to do with the artist is never really clear.
    There are countless images of other painters whose connection to Arcimboldo seems weak.
    Arcimboldo painted the same picture many times, and other artists copied his work. And there are often several paintings that are almost identical, all reproduced in this book. For the average reader the subtleties are such that repetition of the work is not needed.
    And although there is a 10 page bibliography at the end of the book, plus the numerous end-notes in each chapter, there is no index, so locating a particular painting means scrolling patiently through the book.
    This is not a book I could recommend to anybody.
    Peter Yudkin
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  • Paul Handleman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Would Make a Good Memory
    Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2010
    I don't buy art books like this anymore because I have too many of them and they are pretty expensive anyways. But I have seen this show twice at the National Gallery here in DC, and looked at the book in the gift shop both times. It would make a nice memory of the show, and that is not a negligible virtue for an art book. But as to the criticisms of the previous reviewer that the book is filled with what he surmises to be only tangentially related art and artifacts, consider this. First, not to be flippant, but what else do earnest museum curators discourse on in exhibition catalogues except such tangents. Does the previous reviewer want them to lose their jobs? But, more seriously, and second, I have seen pictures of Arcimboldo's works over a long period and never appreciated them. I must have seen some in person in European museums, but the vagaries of being able to focus in crowded tourists meccas, clouded my appreciation apparently. This show knocked me down. The paintings are so ravishing and detailed it is hard to comprehend. They are so overwhelmingly beautifully painted that you blink to be sure that you are not dreaming. ( And I praise God that the National Gallery has never joined the gimmick-tending art trends in terms of display and lighting.) It would not be believable to me that even such a genius artist could have pulled such visual prowess out of nowhere. Thus, all the ephemera, which does not even seem so closely allied to painting, is in person, not implausible as a source or inspiration. Perhaps we can see in the quite workaday quality of the "inspiration" an example of the really almost inconceivable ability of great artists to metamorphose rather unspectacular sources. Yet I wouldn't stand by these passing impressions. But I would stand by the observation that to appreciate this artist you must see them in person.
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  • Vic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ótimo!!
    Reviewed in Brazil on February 10, 2021
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    Espetacular. Foi difícil esse livro estar disponível, mas valeu a espera!
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  • DJ Daltzy Daltz
    5.0 out of 5 stars A surrealist before surrealism
    Reviewed in Australia on July 30, 2024
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    Born 1526 & creator of some of the most marvellous images. No photoshop, just imagination & ability.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Arcimboldo...
    Reviewed in France on April 16, 2016
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    Enchantée de mon achat . Le livre destiné à un cadeau a eu beaucoup de succès, d'autant plus que j'ai eu du mal à le trouver.
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