Arcimboldo
/ (Italian artʃimˈbɔldo) /
noun
Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat
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Example sentences from the Web for arcimboldo
By the time that you see them, they're bloated into surrealist Arcimboldo paintings, into soft constructions of rotten fruit.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEASTTo this suggestion Arcimboldo, by no means averse to turning an honest penny, gave his assent.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa|Paul Barron WatsonArcimboldo was not the man to let slip an opportunity to aggrandize himself.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa|Paul Barron WatsonThere chanced to be in Denmark at the time a smooth-mouthed scoundrel with the unsavory name of Arcimboldo.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa|Paul Barron Watson