The Hungry Eye by Leonard Barkan - 9780691211466

Name: The Hungry Eye by Leonard Barkan - 9780691211466
Brand: Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press

The Hungry EyeEating, Drinking, and European Culture from Rome to the Renaissance\nAuthor(s): Leonard Barkan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691211466, 978-0691211466\nSynopsis\nAn enticing history of food and drink in Western art and culture\n\nEating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hungry Eye takes readers from antiquity to the Renaissance to explore the central role of food and drink in literature, art, philosophy, religion, and statecraft.\n\nIn this beautifully illustrated book, Leonard Barkan provides an illuminating meditation on how culture finds expression in what we eat and drink. Plato's Symposium is a timeless philosophical text, one that also describes a drinking party. Salome performed her dance at a banquet where the head of John the Baptist was presented on a platter. Barkan looks at ancient mosaics, Dutch still life, and Venetian Last Supp.