Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Four Seasons Painting

In conjunction to my last post on Levi Van Velum, I will be looking at the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
The work of Van Velum remided me of the work of Arcimbldo, the four images have a personal connection to me as my Grandfather had replicas of the images in his home, every now and then he would get them down for me to look at. 
the work is very similar, though creating a landscape though the use of portraits. 

Arcimboldo's work has been considered to be the work of a mad man, the product of a deranged mind. However this is, an work that is full of imagination, as well as cleverly arranged objects, creating abstract, surrealist images representing each season. 

Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Four Seasons 

Van Velum

You can see that there is, possibly a connection to the work of Arcimbldo and the work of Van Velum, this idea of creating a landscape upon some ones face, whether this  be though painting or though sculpture and instillation.