The Art of Food (literally)

In Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, there are 4 paintings by Italian Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo best known for creating portraits made out of fruit, vegetables, flowers, tree branches, fish.... really quite extraordinary when you look at them close up in detail. And the fact that he painted them back in 16th Century! These paintings were virtually ignored for about 300 years until the Surrealists came along and drew inspiration from his anthropomorphic paintings.

(courtesy of arthistory.about.com)

(courtesy of arthistory.about.com)