What did Giuseppe Arcimboldo use to paint? Styles? Media?

Question

Hi - just need to know what Arcimboldo actually used to paint? i.e oil paints, gouache, on canvas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Ar…

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Arcimboldo painted in oils on wood or canvas. See the site below.

His unusual works fitted quite into a 16th-century mannerist taste for the arcane, the bizarre, and the humorous. You might want to research "Mannerism."

Source(s):

http://www.abcgallery.com/A/arcimboldo/a…