IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1625: Feast and Famine, Historical and Metaphysical, Good and Evil
Thursday 7 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Maria Grasso, Independent Scholar, London |
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| Moderator/Chair: | James Pedersen, Independent Scholar, London |
| Paper 1625-a | Rich Man, Poor Man: The Complex Metaphors in Early Depictions of the Feasting of the Rich Man in Luke's Parable (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Religious Life |
| Paper 1625-b | Many Journeys: Images of Travel and Feasting in the Grandes Chroniques of Charles V (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
| Paper 1625-c | The Taste of Good and Evil: Spices, Serpents, and a 13th-Century Parisian Nef (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session explores the ways in which depictions and art objects involving food and feasting act as catalysts for spiritual experience and moral contemplation. The papers examine depictions of feasting in the parable of Dives and Lazarus; a 14th-century manuscript miniature commissioned by Charles V of France, featuring a celebratory dinner; and a 13th-century gold and crystal serving dish with a serpent-handled lid. The content and contexts of these opulent works evoke a variety of interconnected themes, including gluttony and charity; Eden as a source of exotic flavours; the taste of salvation; and medieval feasts as sites for spiritual journey. |