Tastes and temptations : food and art in Renaissance Italy / John Varriano.

  • Varriano, John L.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

xi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Notes

Series numbering from jacket.
"An Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Prelim. p.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Parallels in food and art. Artists and cooks ; Regional tastes -- Images of food in art. Significant still lifes ; Sacred suppers ; Erotic appetites -- Food in the studio, art at the table. Eggs, butter, lard, and oil ; Eating and erudition ; Edible art.

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    History of Medicine
    DFX.AL.AA5
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ISBN

  • 9780520259041
  • 0520259041