邓岚雍
2021-07-28
NotonlydidArcimboldousefruits,vegetables,plants,andanimalsasobjectsforthecompilationsinhispaintings,healsousedinanimateobjectssuchasbooksandpapers.TheLibrarianisonesuchpainting.Inthispainting,Arcimboldo’ssubjectisobvious:aloverofbooksmadeupoutofbooks.Thisisanexampleofthepainter’sabilitytobelessliteral.Whereasinotherpaintings,heshapedsingularpiecesoffruitormeatintotheeyes,nose,orcurveofthechin,inth
