Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Grilli: Humor and Magic in Genre Portraits

This essay examines one aspect of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s portraiture: His genre depictions where he expands the art of illusionism or magic visualization into grilli (intellectual whims) and teste composte (composite heads). These images of reversible portraits of genre scenes, caricatural conceits,...

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Main Author: Cheney, Liana De Girolami (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2019
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 57-76
Further subjects:B grilli
B Milan
B Symbolism
B School of Prague
B Grotesque
B art theory
B composite heads
B delight
B Humor
B innuendo
B mannerism
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