arcimboldo biography
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If Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted a portrait today…
What do you see in this portrait??
it might look like this.
What do you see in this portrait???
Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter during the
Renaisance period.
He was born in Milan, Italy.
* In 1527
Puzzles and riddles were very popular during the Renaissance
period.
Just like a puzzle he painted portrait heads made up of all different kinds of objects.
Can you find the pea pod in the portrait????
Did you find the pea pod?
The pea pod is used for the teeth.
In 1562 he was a court portraitist to Ferdinand at the Habsburg Court in
Vienna.
Ferdinand
Habsburg court in Vienna
And later to Maximilian II and his son Rudolf II in a court in Prague.
Prague
Rudolf
Maximilian
The King of Saxony visited Vienna in 1570 and when he saw
Arcimboldo’s work he wanted a copy of his now famous Four
Seasons.
Can you figure out which portrait is which season?
WINTER
Why do you think Arcimboldo called this winter???
SPRING
What did Arcimboldo use to make this portrait look like Spring??
SUMMER
Why do you think this one is called Summer?? What do you see?
AUTUMN
What makes you think of autumn or fall in this portrait?
Giuseppe Arcimboldo made complex portraits using simple items. He used things such as
fruit, flowers, fish and books. If you were Arcimboldo what would
you use?
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo
http://www.abcgallery.com/A/arcimboldo/arcimboldo.html