Food in Art: From Prehistory to the Renaissance
Autor Gillian Rileyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781780233628
ISBN-10: 1780233620
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 170 color plates, 10 halftones
Dimensiuni: 191 x 249 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books
ISBN-10: 1780233620
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 170 color plates, 10 halftones
Dimensiuni: 191 x 249 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books
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Notă biografică
Gillian Riley is a food writer and leading authority on the history of Italian cuisine. Her books include The Fruit, Herbs and Vegetables of Italy and the Oxford Companion to Italian Food. She lives in London.
Cuprins
Introduction
1. Glimpses of Food in the Paleolithic World
2. Eating in the Ancient Middle East: Mesopotamia
3. The Pleasures of Food in Ancient Greece
4. In Ancient Greece and Rome
5. Bright Feasts in the Dark Ages
6. The Middle Ages
7. Realism and Symbolism in the Renaissance Kitchen
8. Late Renaissance Modernity
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
1. Glimpses of Food in the Paleolithic World
2. Eating in the Ancient Middle East: Mesopotamia
3. The Pleasures of Food in Ancient Greece
4. In Ancient Greece and Rome
5. Bright Feasts in the Dark Ages
6. The Middle Ages
7. Realism and Symbolism in the Renaissance Kitchen
8. Late Renaissance Modernity
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
Recenzii
“This lavishly illustrated survey of art depicting food throughout history will surprise and delight readers, who will learn about edible animals, plants, and the culinary arts from unexpected sources such as Paleolithic cave paintings, Mesopotamian seals, Egyptian art, Pompeian frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, and Renaissance paintings.”
“A joyful and sumptuously illustrated ramble through visual feasts from the Stone Age to Renaissance Italy.”
“Filtered through Riley’s irreverent, witty, and ever-imaginative style, Food in Art is a guide through the sprawling past of art’s many interpretations of food, from the divine to the profound, and crucially the dark, humorous, and absurd. From the practicality of ancient Egyptian illustrated breadmaking techniques to the strange vanity of Roman mosaic floors designed to look covered in the remnants of a lavish banquet, mice and all, Food in Art calls for some self-reflection.”
Descriere
From Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s painting of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II as a heap of fruits and vegetables to artists depicting lavish banquets for wealthy patrons, food and art are remarkably intertwined. In this richly illustrated book, Gillian Riley provides fresh insight into how the relationship between humans and food has been portrayed in art from ancient times to the Renaissance.
Exploring a myriad of images including hunting scenes depicted in Egyptian Books of Hours and fruit in Roman wall paintings and mosaics, Riley argues that works of art present us with historical information about the preparation and preservation of food that written sources do not—for example, how meat, fish, cheese, and vegetables were dried, salted, and smoked, or how honey was used to conserve fruit. She also examines what these works reveal to us about how animals and plants were raised, cultivated, hunted, harvested, and traded throughout history. Looking at the many connections between food, myth, and religion, she surveys an array of artworks to answer questions such as whether the Golden Apples of the Hesperides were in fact apples or instead quinces or oranges. She also tries to understand whether our perception of fruit in Christian art is skewed by their symbolic meaning.
With 170 color images of fine art, illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, frescoes, stained glass, and funerary monuments, Food in Art is an aesthetically pleasing and highly readable book for art buffs and foodies alike.
Exploring a myriad of images including hunting scenes depicted in Egyptian Books of Hours and fruit in Roman wall paintings and mosaics, Riley argues that works of art present us with historical information about the preparation and preservation of food that written sources do not—for example, how meat, fish, cheese, and vegetables were dried, salted, and smoked, or how honey was used to conserve fruit. She also examines what these works reveal to us about how animals and plants were raised, cultivated, hunted, harvested, and traded throughout history. Looking at the many connections between food, myth, and religion, she surveys an array of artworks to answer questions such as whether the Golden Apples of the Hesperides were in fact apples or instead quinces or oranges. She also tries to understand whether our perception of fruit in Christian art is skewed by their symbolic meaning.
With 170 color images of fine art, illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, frescoes, stained glass, and funerary monuments, Food in Art is an aesthetically pleasing and highly readable book for art buffs and foodies alike.