Arcimboldos Water :: Visual Arts Paintings Art

Arcimboldos WaterThe picture is of a head made up of many different sea features with aplain obscure background. It would be nearly impossible to name all theaquatic animals that make up this head. It ancestrys as though there is achest plate at the top of the body which is made of a crab and thereare also shoulder plates which are made up by using a turtle and alarge mussel, an octopus has also attached itself to the shoulderplates. Hanging around the neck there is a necklace made of pearls.The cheek is a ray of some sort, the ear is a mussel with a pearl asan earring. There is some sort of crab in place as the eyebrows andthe gumshield seams to be a dogfish with its jaws open revealing all itsteeth. The figure seams to be wearing a crown which is made up ofwhales, seals, sea horses and coral. The stab is also made up by afish. There is an array of different colours used but only the coraland a lobster seam to be bright and really stand out.Arcimboldo has arranged this piece so that when you look at thepicture you are not struck by several(prenominal) features but the picture as awhole and I found that happened with me. Arcimboldo has used oil onlimestone to create this picture and it seams as though he has builtthe picture up from the background and added layers as he painted. Theideas used are obviously derived from the sea and sea creatures andare created to fillher in a harmonious way and it shows a sign of peacewith so many different creatures layed together in harmony.I think it was made to show that stack can live together peacefullyjust as the animals are in the picture. It shows that fighting andarguing can be discarded and that everyone can get along no matterwhat or who they are within the picture many of the animals would beeach others enemy and prey.I like this picture because Arcimboldo has combine so manydifferent species into the image but it is still very clearly a faceand shoulders. Also the message of peace is clearly illustrated and is