Comedy, Science, and the Reform of Description in Lombard Painting of the Late Renaissance: Arcimboldo, Vincenzo Campi, and Bartolomeo Passerotti

This dissertation investigates the appropriation of natural history and vernacular comedy into the descriptive secular paintings of three Lombard artists: Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vincenzo Campi, and Bartolomeo Passerotti. Their paintings feature, on the one hand, highly veristic portraits of flora and...

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Main Author: Moynihan, Kim-Ly Thi
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D86T0JRN