Self-portraits: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi) (1527 – 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books – that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.

QUIZ: (In Spanish, for 4th ESO)

El test de Arcimboldo on PhotoPeach

• Archimboldo Art Creator. Try to create a portrait using just fruit and vegetables, you only have to drag them.
• Archimboldo Art Producer. Try to create a portrait using just fruit and vegetables (and a few other odds and ends). Click help button to see how to use the program.
• Food-Archimboldo. A different tool to create portraits whith fruits.

• You will make a self-portrait collage inspired by Archimboldo.