Arcimboldo’s art in EFL teaching: A learning scenario

Below you can find a learning scenario from teaching with Europeana for the subject of English as a foreign language (CEFR level B2). Students will explore how Giuseppe Arcimboldo used food to depict a human portrait in his painting Vertumnus. By analyzing Arcimboldo’s work, they will be encouraged to pay attention to the smallest details and increase their ability to observe carefully. It’s the perfect opportunity to practice English vocabulary and idioms related to fruit and vegetables, facial characteristics, shapes and shades of colours.

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