Art, culture, and cuisine : ancient and medieval gastronomy / Phyllis Pray Bober.

By:

Bober, Phyllis Pray [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0226062538
9780226062532

Other title:

Art, culture, and cuisine : Ancient and mediaeval gastronomy

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

641.013 21

LOC classification:

TX637 .B58 1999

Contents:

Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Hellenic experience -- Hellenistic transformations -- Ancient Rome -- Early Middle Ages -- Late Gothic international style.

Summary: In Art, Culture, and Cuisine, Phyllis Pray Bober examines cooking through the dual lens of archaeology and art history. Believing that the unity of a culture extends across all forms of expression, Bober seeks to understand the minds and hearts of those who practiced cookery or consumed it as reflected in the visual art of the time. Bober draws on archaeology and art history to examine prehistoric eating customs in ancient Turkey; traditions of the great civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome; and rituals of the Middle Ages. Both elegant and entertaining, Art, Culture, and Cuisine reveals cuisine and dining's place at the heart of cultural, religious, and social activities that have shaped Western sensibilities.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	641.013 BOB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A176633B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-432) and index.

Prehistory -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- The Hellenic experience -- Hellenistic transformations -- Ancient Rome -- Early Middle Ages -- Late Gothic international style.

In Art, Culture, and Cuisine, Phyllis Pray Bober examines cooking through the dual lens of archaeology and art history. Believing that the unity of a culture extends across all forms of expression, Bober seeks to understand the minds and hearts of those who practiced cookery or consumed it as reflected in the visual art of the time. Bober draws on archaeology and art history to examine prehistoric eating customs in ancient Turkey; traditions of the great civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome; and rituals of the Middle Ages. Both elegant and entertaining, Art, Culture, and Cuisine reveals cuisine and dining's place at the heart of cultural, religious, and social activities that have shaped Western sensibilities.

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