Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593), that of summer, the mouthpiece of the most famous “seasonal head”, forms a sugar inheritance (teeth), grapes and cherries shape the lips. The most remarkable, however, is the composition that the Milan created for “his” spring: it consists of flores (lips) and lily of the valley (teeth). In the choice of fragrant crops, at least a sensory counterpoint wanted to set a sensory counterpoint to the expandable oral hygiene in the 16th century? You don’t know.
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But what is certain: A visit to the special show “Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel” in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (KHM) is worth it because it presents Arcimboldo’s season series, the “Munich cycle”, in one fell swoop. “The autumn” is missing – it cannot be shown due to its fragile state – it is created for the Kaiserhof by Arcimboldo’s variations of winter and summer from the Vienna series (1563).
Each painting tells of meticulousness, command, accuracy and yet playful ease and immediately creates an echo. After all, nature and its cycles also employ people in the 21st centuries. The artistic will, in the truest sense, to show the artistic will to show the entire show splendidly outlines the entire show. With a focus on painting (with 116 objects as a whole), it feels like endlessly magnificent and magnificent, but this often takes place on “simple” people in fauna and flora.
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Image: KHM
Source: Nachrichten
