Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel Nature’s Time

Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel: Nature’s Time by Francesca Torre Scheuch examines three masters of the Renaissance and early Baroque period through the lens of their shared engagement with the natural world, the seasons, and the passage of time. Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s extraordinary composite portraits made from fruits and vegetables, Jacopo Bassano’s pastoral scenes, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s seasonal landscapes all represent different aspects of a profound sixteenth-century engagement with nature as a subject of artistic and philosophical reflection. Published with full-colour reproduction of major works and scholarly commentary, this is an elegant and illuminating study for students of Renaissance and Baroque art and for anyone fascinated by the relationship between art, nature, and time.