Giuseppe Arcimboldo Fruity Face

What can you see?

What can you see now?

What can you see?

What can you see now?

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 -1593)

• was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books

• was born in Milan in 1527• His father, Biagio, was also a painter • Did stained glass window designs,

frescoes(wall painting) and drew the cartoon for a large tapestry for Cathedrals

• Was the official artist and Master of Festivals for three successive German Emperors. Arcimboldo designed costumes, stage settings, chariots, and other diversions for courtly events and ceremonies.

• was best known for his fantastical “composite head” paintings. These were portraits composed of objects such as fruit, flowers, books, or even a plate of meat.

• the four seasons

Vertumnus

• Whimsical Portrait

The Lady of Good Taste

ACTIVITYBuild your own fruity face

• Flash Game• In groups, build a portrait (face) in with fakes fruits

and vegetables and take photos when finish.• Materials: camera, construction paper, fake fruits

and vegetables

DRAWING FRUITS (LESSON2)

How many colors can you see in the apple?

How many colors can you see in the cherries?

Resources• http://www.giuseppe-arcimboldo.org/• http://www.denverartmuseum.org/

QUICK QUIZ

• Which one is Arcimboldo’s painting?