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    Arcimboldo and artworks
    Arcimboldo and artworks
    Arcimboldo and artworks
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    Arcimboldo and artworks

    By Liana De Girolami Cheney

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    If, as the famous saying goes, you really are what you eat, then Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) was a consummate painter of the human soul. This artist was a master draftsman whose finely wrought canvases captured the imagination of his generation. In this fascinating book, Liana De Girolami Cheney takes a closer look at the critical history of Arcimboldo’s work, from his initial popularity and the tragic obscurity that followed his death, to the ventual triumphant revival of his work and vision by Surrealist admirers of the 1920s.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkstone International
    Release dateDec 5, 2022
    ISBN9781783101610
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      Arcimboldo and artworks - Liana De Girolami Cheney

      Beyond perception and signification (lexical or cultural) there develops a whole world of value: before one of Arcimboldo’s Composed Heads, I am led to not only say of it: I read, guess, discover, and understand, but also: I like, I don’t like. Uneasiness, fear, laughter, desire all enter the game.

      — Roland Barthes

      Self-portrait on Paper (Man of Letters), 1587

      Pen and ink on paper, 44.2 x 31.8 cm. Palazzo Rosso, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Genoa.

      Biography

      1527: Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born to a noble family in Milan. His father, the painter Biagio Arcimboldo, was friends with Bernardino Luini, a student of Leonardo da Vinci.

      1549: The artist’s name appeared in the annals of the works of the Cathedral of Milan for the first time, where, with his father, he created drawings for the Cathedral’s stained glass windows.

      1551: Arcimboldo painted five insignias for the King of Bohemia, and future Emperor, Ferdinand I.

      1555: The documents of the annals of the works of the Cathedral of Milan made mention of Arcimboldo’s great talent in the execution of the organ doors for the Cathedral.

      1558: He sketched Old and New Testament scenes for the tapestries of Death of the Virgin, now found in the Como Cathedral.

      1562: Ferdinand I, King of Bohemia, requested Arcimboldo’s artistic talent at the Habsburg Imperial Court.

      1563-1566: He painted the first series of the Four Seasons for Ferdinand I.

      1565: Arcimboldo’s name appeared in the archives of the Habsburg court, cited as court painter.

      1566: Arcimboldo painted The Jurist and began the Four Elements series.

      1568: He began to collaborate with Giovanni Battista Fonteo, humanist and poet, on thematic and emblematic commissions.

      1570: In Prague, Arcimboldo prepared the staging and decorations for a tournament celebrating the wedding of Elisabeth, daughter of Maximilian II, and Charles IX, King of France.

      1571: In Vienna, with the help of the poet scholar Fonteo and the artist-philosopher Jacopo Strada, Arcimboldo decorated the apartments for the wedding celebrations of Archduke Charles of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria.

      1577: He painted another cycle of the Four Seasons and the Four Elements.

      1585: Arcimboldo gifted Rudolf II with a portfolio containing a series of 150 drawings.

      1586: He designed the decor for the new residence of Baron Grünbuchel, Rudolf II’s Minister of Cabinet.

      1591: Arcimboldo sent Rudolf II a portrait of the Emperor under the guise of Vertumnus.

      1593: 11 July, Giuseppe Arcimboldo died in Milan. He is buried in the Church of San Pietro della Vigna.

      Son of the artist Biagio Arcimboldo and Chiara Parisi, Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born in Milan in 1527. Of noble descent, Arcimboldo’s family originated from the south of Germany, with some family members relocating to Lombardy during the Middle Ages. Numerous variations of the spelling of the family name can be found: Acimboldi, Arisnbodle, Arcsimbaldo, Arzimbaldo, or Arczimboldo; the ‘boldo’ or ‘baldo’ suffix is a mediaeval Germanic derivative. Likewise, Arcimboldo signed his first name in several different ways: Giuseppe, Josephus, Joseph, or Josepho are some of the examples that can be found.

      In his work La noblità di Milano (1619), Paulo Morigi charted the history of Arcimboldo’s family and confirmed his nobility, despite very uncertain sources, by tracing his roots back to the time of Charlemagne, when a nobleman named Sigfrid Arcimboldo served in the court of the Emperor. Out of sixteen Arcimboldo children, three were knighted and one amongst them settled in Lombardy. This is how the Italian branch of the family came to be founded. To support his claims, Morigi declared that his narrative came directly from Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a trustworthy gentleman with a respectable lifestyle.

      Also in La noblità di Milano, Morigi continued to develop the history of the Arcimboldo family, although limiting this to the Italian branch residing in Milan. He stated that the widower Guido Antonio Arcimboldo, Giuseppe’s great-great-grandfather, was elected Archbishop of Milan in 1489, succeeding his deceased brother, Giovanni Arcimboldo. Between 1550 and 1555, Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldo, illegitimate son of Guido Antonio, reigned as Archbishop of Milan. He advised Giuseppe and steered him through the politics of the artists, humanists, and writers of the Milanese Court.

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