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The Four Elements (Arcimboldo)
Painting series by Giuseppe Arcimboldo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Four Elements is a series of four oil paintings by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo which were created in 1566, during the Renaissance, for Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor. The paintings depict human faces in profile made up from different animals or objects. Air is represented by birds, Fire by burning wood and cannons, Earth by land animals and Water by marine creatures. The series attempts to express the creation of harmony from chaos by the careful arrangement of the wild animals to form portraits whilst also praising Maximilian by suggesting that he is a ruler who controls even the four primal elements.[1]
- Air, ca. 1566, (copy), private collection
- Fire, Oil on Wood, 1566, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
- Earth, possibly 1566, private collection, Austria
- Water, 1566, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
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