Arcimboldo

noun

Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat

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Contemporary Examples

By the time that you see them, they're bloated into surrealist Arcimboldo paintings, into soft constructions of rotten fruit.
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Historical Examples

There chanced to be in Denmark at the time a smooth-mouthed scoundrel with the unsavory name of Arcimboldo.
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Paul Barron Watson
To this suggestion Arcimboldo, by no means averse to turning an honest penny, gave his assent.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa
Paul Barron Watson
Arcimboldo was not the man to let slip an opportunity to aggrandize himself.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa
Paul Barron Watson

Arcimboldo

Examples from the Web for arcimboldo

Contemporary Examples

By the time that you see them, they're bloated into surrealist Arcimboldo paintings, into soft constructions of rotten fruit.

Historical Examples

There chanced to be in Denmark at the time a smooth-mouthed scoundrel with the unsavory name of Arcimboldo.

To this suggestion Arcimboldo, by no means averse to turning an honest penny, gave his assent.

Arcimboldo was not the man to let slip an opportunity to aggrandize himself.