Bibliograph

Art, culture, and cuisine, ancient and medieval gastronomy, Phyllis Pray Bober

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Art, culture, and cuisine, ancient and medieval gastronomy, Phyllis Pray Bober

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-432) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Art, culture, and cuisine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

39756653

Responsibility statement

Phyllis Pray Bober

Sub title

ancient and medieval gastronomy

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

Table Of Contents

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

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