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Title: TASTES AND TEMPTATIONS
FOOD AND ART IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
By: John Varriano
Format: Paperback

List price: £24.00


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ISBN 10: 0520269942
ISBN 13: 9780520269941
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Pub. date: 7 March, 2011
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture 27
Pages: 282
Description: Fruits and vegetables as erotic metaphors in still life paintings, the Florentine Baptistry replicated in sausage and cheese by Andrea del Sarto, a recipe for fish molded in the shape of a goat, the discovery of an Ovidian scene at the bottom of a soup bowl. This book explores the interplay between art and cuisine during the Italian Renaissance.
Synopsis: Fruits and vegetables as erotic metaphors in still life paintings, the Florentine Baptistry replicated in sausage and cheese by Andrea del Sarto, a recipe for fish molded in the shape of a goat, the discovery of an Ovidian scene at the bottom of a soup bowl. A feast for the mind and eye, this beautifully illustrated, compellingly readable book is a rich exploration of the little examined interplay between art and cuisine during the Italian Renaissance. Exploring a dazzling array of art works, and drawing from period recipes and menus, John Varriano considers the many, often surprising, ways that cooks and artists converged and drew from each other's worlds. Among other topics, he considers the significance of culinary images in Renaissance art; traces parallels in the use of ingredients such as eggs and oil in kitchens and in studios; examines centerpieces by artists that were made of food; looks at the emergence of the celebrity cook and celebrity painter; and, much more. Woven throughout with the flavors and colors of the era, this book of Renaissance temptations expands our understanding of the traditional boundaries of creative expression.
Illustrations: 75 color illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: University of California Press
Returns: Returnable
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