Research Catalog

Title

Art and appetite : American painting, culture, and cuisine / edited by Judith A. Barter ; with essays by Judith A. Barter, Annelise K. Madsen, Sarah Kelly Oehler, and Ellen E. Roberts.

Publication

Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barter, Judith A., 1951-
• Madsen, Annelise K.
• Oehler, Sarah Kelly
• Roberts, Ellen E.
• Art Institute of Chicago
• Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution

Description

248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

" Food has always been an important source of knowledge about culture and society. Art and Appetite takes a fascinating new look at depictions of food in American art, demonstrating that the artists' representations of edibles offer thoughtful reflection on the cultural, political, economic, and social moments in which they were created. Using food as an emblem, artists were able to both celebrate and critique their society, expressing ideas relating to politics, race, class, gender, and commerce. Focusing on the late 18th century through the Pop artists of the 20th century, this lively publication investigates the many meanings and interpretations of eating in America. Richly illustrated, Art and Appetite features still life and trompe l'oeil painting, sculpture, and other works by such celebrated artists as William Merritt Chase, John Singleton Copley, Elizabeth Paxton, Norman Bel Geddes, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Alice Neel, Wayne Thiebaud, Roy Lichtenstein, and many more. Essays by leading experts address topics including the horticultural and botanical underpinnings of still-life paintings, the history of alcohol consumption in the United States, Thanksgiving, and food in the world of Pop art. In addition to the images and essays, this book includes a selection of 18th- and 19th-century recipes for all-American dishes including molasses cake, stewed terrapin, rice blancmange, and roast calf's head. "--

Subject

• Food in art > Exhibitions
• Painting, American > Exhibitions
• Art and society > United States > Exhibitions
• Cooking, American

Note

• "Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibition dates: The Art Institute of Chicago, November 12, 2013, to January 27, 2014; Amon Carter Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, February 22 to May 18, 2014."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Food for Thought: American Art and Eating / Judith A. Barter -- Thanksgiving: The Great American Food Fest / Judith A. Barter -- "The Symmetry of Nature": Horticulture and the Roots of American Still-Life Painting / Judith A. Barter and Annelise K. Madden -- Recipes for Refinement: Art and Sociability in the Mid-Nineteenth Century / Annelise K. Madden -- Drunkards and Teetotalers: Alcohol and Still-Life Painting / Judith A. Barter -- Matters of Taste: Trompe l'Oeil and the Politics of Food / Judith A. Barter -- Anxious Consumption: Paintings of Food at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Ellen E. Roberts -- From Tabletop to Table: Food and Eating in the Modern Era / Sarah Kelly Oehler -- Convenience: Pop, Production, and the Making of Art in the 1960s / Sarah Kelly Oehler.

Call Number

JQG 14-127

ISBN

• 9780300196238 (hardback)
• 0300196237 (hardback)
• 9780865592612 (softcover)
• 0865592616 (softcover)

LCCN

2013029540

OCLC

854848145

Title

Art and appetite : American painting, culture, and cuisine / edited by Judith A. Barter ; with essays by Judith A. Barter, Annelise K. Madsen, Sarah Kelly Oehler, and Ellen E. Roberts.

Publisher

Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [2013]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Barter, Judith A., 1951- editor.

Madsen, Annelise K.

Oehler, Sarah Kelly.

Roberts, Ellen E.

Barter, Judith A., 1951- Thanksgiving.

Art Institute of Chicago.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 14-127