Hochgekocht, 2008
Sarah Illenberger
Vertumnus (portrait of Rudolph II), 1591
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
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If you're headed to Paris anytime before January 13, 2008, be sure to check out the Giuseppe Arcimboldo exhibition at the Musee du Luxembourg. The 16th century painter is famous for his portraits from mosaics of fruit and, in this painting (Water, 1566), aquatic animals (Arcimboldo looks to have…
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Those Arcimboldo paintings strike me as being so unusual for the time. Weird and beautifully executed.
The Arcimboldo reminds me of the video for "Sledge Hammer" by Peter Gabriel.