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Tuesday
Jun262012

Guiseppe Arcimboldo - Fantastic (and pretty weird)

DateTuesday, June 26, 2012 at 11:18AM

Guiseppe Arcimboldo, The Librarian, 1566, oil on canvas, 97 × 71 cm (38.2 × 28 in), Skokloster Castle, Sweden

It’s always fun to come across works of art from the distant past that could easily be mistaken for modern art. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593) created just such works. He was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books. His truly fantastic works were very popular during his day--but interest in him waned after his death. Of course, the emergence of Surrealism revitalized interest in Arcimboldo – a truly unique and highly imaginative artist. Arcimboldo's influence can also be seen in the contemporary art world and popular culture--from record album covers to film to fiction!

 Guiseppe Arcimboldo, The Jurist (L’Avvocato), 1566, oil on canvas, Nationalmuseum, Sweden

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