5 May 2012

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

 
This smashed Watermelon on a road near by my house somehow reminded me of these paintings by 16th Century Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Famous for creating portraits out of natural objects, Arcimboldo's paintings are awe inspiring, if a little unsettling. When I was little my Mum had a postcard of this head made up of sea creatures stuck on her diary
Water, 1566
Vertumnus, 1590
Summer, 1573