The top image is of the lesson guide I used to teach my fourth grade students about Giuseppe Arcimboldo and how to create organic people from images found in seed and plant catalogs. Additionally, I had an article about Arcimboldo and a book devoted to the artist and his work.
I told students that Arcimboldo is sometimes called the "Grandfather of Surrealism." I explained that surrealism might be described as a meshing of realism and fantasy or dream images.
The bottom image is of the resulting work done by my student Cody Tule, who created this organic man out with an energy that could only be contributed to artistic inspiration.
