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Food and Feasting in Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780892369140)
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xDeliciously illustrated with masterpieces of western art, this latest volume in the Guide to Imagery series explores the rituals, customs, and symbolism of food and dining.
The book describes the significance of food and feasts as told in scripture and in the lives of the saints; food and dining in Greek and Roman mythology and in later literature and history; and how artists through the ages have created allegories of gluttony and odes to the sense of taste, using, for example, artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the golden age of the painted still life.
Also discussed is the role of table settings in relation to such ceremonies as formal dinners and royal banquets. Lastly, a close-up look at the symbolic meanings of individual foods and drinks--from the artichoke, also known as "domestic thistle," to champagne, from chili peppers to absinthe--reveals a figurative language well known to artists of the time but perhaps forgotten by contemporary diners.
Author: Sylvia Malaguzzi
ISBN-10: 0892369140
ISBN-13: 9780892369140
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2008
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 7.93h x 6.01w x 0.96d
The book describes the significance of food and feasts as told in scripture and in the lives of the saints; food and dining in Greek and Roman mythology and in later literature and history; and how artists through the ages have created allegories of gluttony and odes to the sense of taste, using, for example, artfully positioned fruits and vegetables in the golden age of the painted still life.
Also discussed is the role of table settings in relation to such ceremonies as formal dinners and royal banquets. Lastly, a close-up look at the symbolic meanings of individual foods and drinks--from the artichoke, also known as "domestic thistle," to champagne, from chili peppers to absinthe--reveals a figurative language well known to artists of the time but perhaps forgotten by contemporary diners.
Author: Sylvia Malaguzzi
ISBN-10: 0892369140
ISBN-13: 9780892369140
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2008
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 7.93h x 6.01w x 0.96d
By Sylvia Malaguzzi
xSilvia Malaguzzi teaches art history of the Renaissance at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. She writes for the magazine Art e Dossier.
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