Arcimboldo: Nature And Fantasy

The inventive and amusing paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
dazzled the courts of Europe. His imaginative
combinations of fruits, vegetables, and fl owers 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 infl uenced by the new discoveries
and new worlds that came to light during the Age of
Exploration. is documentary combines original highdefi
nition 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.