In this video I try to understand the quirky composite portraits of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. They his portraits that include vegetables, books, fish, and other (literal) elements are dramatically different than the art we usually associate with his time period.
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understanding Arcimboldo's Portrait of a man with vegetables
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