Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo
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Costume design for the allegorical figure of music, one of many figures from the 1585 Winter tournaments for the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
(Pen, blue wash on white paper, Galleria degli Uffizi)
By Giuseppe Arcimboldo who died #onthisday in 1593.
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National Gallery, London · @NationalGallery
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1/ Apologies to Rodgers and Mr H, but "How do you solve a problem like El Greco?"
Born Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos, #Byzantium #Art was his thing till, aged 26, he moved to Venice. Here, he admired the muscular figures, dramatic gestures and #Mannerist distortions of Tintoretto.
But the money led to Rome. 7 yrs later he was run out of town for dissing #Michelangelo (a lot).
Madrid next, but no luck at court. So he washed up in Toledo where, finally, he was much loved.
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