Food and Feasting in Art

by Sylvia Malaguzzi

Book Overview

Deliciously 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892369140
• ISBN13: 9780892369140
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 7.9"