Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface & Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Arcimboldo’s Lombard Origins 17
7. 2. Arcimboldo from 1562: The Creation of Composite Heads 43
8. 3. Learning, Poetry, and Art 71
9. 4. Serious Jokes 91
10. 5. Natural Philosophy, Natural History, and Nature Painting 115
11. 6. Nature Studies 149
12. 7. Arcimboldo and the Origins of Still Life 167
13. 8. Arcimboldo’s Paradoxical Paintings and the Origins of Still Life 213 C 191
14. Arcimboldo in the History of Art 213
15. Appendix 1. Arcimboldo, the Facchini, and Popular Culture 219
16. Appendix 2. Arcimboldo and Meda at Monza 223
17. Appendix 3. Concordance of Arcimboldo images from the Aldrovandi Letter, Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett CA 213, Vienna (cod. min. 42), and the “Museum” of Rudolf II (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. min. 129 and 130) 226
18. Notes 233
19. Bibliography 291
20. Index 307