Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 ndash; 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits; vegetables; flowers; fish; and books. Arcimboldos conventional work; on traditional religious subjects; has fallen into oblivion; but his portraits of human heads made up of vegetables; plants; fruits; sea creatures and tree roots; were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain a source of fascination today. At a distance; his portraits looked like normal human portraits. However; individual objects in each portrait were actually overlapped together to make various anatomical shapes of a human. They were carefully constructed by his imagination. Besides; when he assembled objects in one portrait; he never used random objects. Each object was related by characterization. By using everyday objects; the portraits were decoration and still-life paintings at the same time.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerGreat resources. but dont rely on this book soley. Great resources when accompanied by the code books0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great graphical explanation of the IBC - in context and ...By Sergio BravoGreat graphical explanation of the IBC - in context and clarity it meets my expectations of a "Ching" book but I did miss the hand drawn and lettered look of the typical Ching publications - considering the complex context it is understandable.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. eBook ReviewBy AKThis review is for display of the information only. The printed copy of this book is amazing.Many of the images are cut off from view. Content is missing from the drawings. I have the 2012 printed version of this book. This seems to be a problem with eBook only. Buy the print version of this book instead.
