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The Edible Monument - The Art of Food for Festivals
Marcia Reed
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Description for The Edible Monument - The Art of Food for Festivals
Hardback. The Edible Monument considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. This book is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Getty Research Center from October 13, 2015, to March 23, 2016. Editor(s): Reed, Marcia. Num Pages: 192 pages, 91 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ASZP; HBJD; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
The Edible Monument considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. Like illuminations and fireworks, ephemeral artworks made of food were not well documented and were difficult to describe because they were perishable and thus quickly consumed or destroyed. In times before photography and cookbooks, there were neither literary models nor iconography for how food and its preparation should be explained or depicted. Drawing on books, prints, and scrolls that document festival arts, elaborate banquets, and street feasts, the essays in ... Read more
The Edible Monument considers the elaborate architecture, sculpture, and floats designed for court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe, including popular festivals such as Carnival and the Italian Cuccagna. Like illuminations and fireworks, ephemeral artworks made of food were not well documented and were difficult to describe because they were perishable and thus quickly consumed or destroyed. In times before photography and cookbooks, there were neither literary models nor iconography for how food and its preparation should be explained or depicted. Drawing on books, prints, and scrolls that document festival arts, elaborate banquets, and street feasts, the essays in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1152g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064542
SKU
V9781606064542
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About Marcia Reed
Marcia Reed is chief curator at the Getty Research Insitute. She is coeditor of China on Paper (Getty Publictaions, 2011).
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