Arcimboldo
Bassano
Bruegel

Nature's Time

Our web journal for the exhibition introduces you to the artists Arcimboldo, Bassano and Bruegel. Take a close look at their works. Young visitors can approach the famous works of art with fun games.

March 11 – June 25 2025

The Kunsthistorisches Museum presents masterpieces by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Jacopo and Leandro Bassano, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Hieronymus Bosch, Giorgione and other outstanding artists. Their works of art show that the Renaissance developed a new understanding of nature, time and the cosmos. This era discovered the beauty of nature. Artists and scholars began to explore it specifically and to depict the world as it changed.

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Chapter I

A new way of looking at the world

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Chapter II

The seasons à la Bruegel

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Chapter III

New Year's menu for the emperor

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Chapter IV

Bassano's seasonal menu

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The sea creatures quiz

Under water with Arcimboldo

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The animal matching game

Nature makes art

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Hot or cold puzzle fun

Investigating the seasons

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