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(2010, documentary, 27:13) Narrated by Isabella Rossellini. This film traces the career of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an artist whose work thrilled and delighted the Hapsburg courts of the later 16th century. Arcimboldo was best known for his 'composite heads' - faces composed of fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers, and beasts of all kinds. The film explores the connection between his paintings and the burgeoning natural sciences, the voyages of discovery, and the atmosphere of intellectual curiosity at the courts of Europe.

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