Thursday, June 10, 2010
Vegetable Portraits
Giuseppe Arcimboldo Vertumnus, 1591 vs. Irving Penn 1996
I am full of admiration for Giuseppe Arcimboldo's radical violation against established art definitions of his time. Provocative and forward-thinking, his portraits maintain unquestioned relevance until the very today.
/HORST
Labels:
16th century,
1996,
Art,
classic,
discourse,
paintings,
Photography,
portrait,
radical,
symbolism,
undeniable similarities,
vegetable
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