arcimboldo biography

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