Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Milan; 1530 environ ndash;1593)A ses deacute;buts; les contemporains dArcimboldo nauraient pas pu imaginer quil allait reacute;aliser ce qui le rend ceacute;legrave;bre aujourdhui. Ses oeuvres juveacute;niles eacute;taient habituellementdestineacute;es aux catheacute;drales de Milan ou de Monza; mais cest agrave; partir de 1562; quand il fut convoqueacute; agrave; la cour impeacute;riale de Prague; que son style et ses sujets changegrave;rent. Pour la cour; ilimagina des fantaisies originales et grotesques faites de fleurs; de fruits; danimaux et dobjets assembleacute;s pour former un portrait humain. Certains eacute;taient de nature satyrique; et dautres des personnifications alleacute;goriques. Si son travail est aujourdhui consideacute;reacute; comme une curiositeacute; du XVIe siegrave;cle; il puise en reacute;aliteacute; ses racines dans le contexte de la fin de la Renaissance. A cette eacute;poque; les collectionneurs et les scientifiques commencegrave;rent agrave; precirc;ter plus dattention agrave; la nature; recherchant des curiositeacute;s naturelles agrave; exposer dans leurs cabinets de curiositeacute;.
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